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S. 2120: Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005

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S. 2120: Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005

109th Congress · introduced 2005-12-16 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Became Public Law No: 109-215.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-12-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 69 (2006): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, S2120 (2006-03-28), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 109-215. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject specified Class I milk handlers (including producer-handlers) to federal milk marketing order minimum and uniform price requirements applicable to the county in which the plant of the handler is located, at federal order class prices, if the handler has packaged fluid milk product route dispositions, or sales of packaged fluid milk products to other plants, in a marketing area located in a state that requires handlers to pay minimum prices for raw milk purchases. Exempts from such provision: (1) a handler operating a nonpool plant; (2) a producer-handler for any month during which packaged fluid milk route dispositions and sales to other plants are less than three million pounds of milk; or (3) specified handlers whose fluid milk products are disposed of as route dispositions or transfers, or whose dispositions or transfers are in states requiring minimum prices for raw milk purchases. Subjects a Class I milk handler in the Arizona-Las Vegas marketing area (Order 131) to minimum milk price requirements for any month in which the handler distributes in such area at least three million pounds of Class I products from his or her own production. States that minimum milk price and exemption provisions under this Act shall not be construed as affecting, expanding, or contracting the treatment of producer-handlers except as provided for by such provisions. Excludes Nevada from federal milk marketing orders.

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Official text

Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] · 2 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-s2120 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109