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S. 3653: Dairy COOL Act of 2008

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S. 3653: Dairy COOL Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-29 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Dairy COOL Act of 2008

Plain summary

Dairy COOL Act of 2008 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to include dairy products as a covered commodity. Defines "dairy product" as: (1) fluid milk; (2) cheese, including cottage cheese and cream cheese; (3) yogurt; (4) ice cream; (5) butter; and (6) any other dairy product. Requires the retailer of a covered commodity that is a dairy product to designate such commodity's country of origin as each country in which: (1) one or more of the commodity's components or ingredients were produced, originated, or sourced; and (2) the commodity was processed. Provides that with respect to a covered commodity that is a dairy product produced exclusively in the United States, retailer designation of the U.S. state, region, or locality of the commodity's production shall be sufficient to identify the United States as the country of origin.

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Official text

Dairy COOL Act of 2008

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · 3 cosponsors

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Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-s3653 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110