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H.R. 5462: Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018

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H.R. 5462: Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-04-10 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-04-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018

Plain summary

Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Margin Protection Program for dairy producers, which is a voluntary program that pays participating dairy operations when a formula-based national margin (the difference between milk prices and feed costs) falls below a producer-selected insured margin. The bill changes the name of the program to the Dairy Risk Management Program and modifies coverage levels and premiums. With respect to other USDA dairy programs, the bill: reauthorizes the Dairy Forward Pricing Program, reauthorizes the Dairy Indemnity Program, reauthorizes the Dairy Promotion and Research Program, and repeals the Dairy Product Donation Program.

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Official text

Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5462 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115