United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1659 (108th)
Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2003
Introduced
8 April 2003
Last action
11 April 2003 · Referred
Status
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Sponsors
Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22], Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26], Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18], Rep. Ose, Doug [R-CA-3], Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
Subjects
Agriculture
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2003 - Subjects 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 an exempt plant; or (2) a producer-handler for any month during which packaged fluid milk route dispositions and sales to other plants are less than six million pounds of milk.
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Timeline
8 April 2003
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Source: IntroReferral
8 April 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 April 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 April 2003
Committee
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Source: Committee
11 April 2003
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 8 April 2003 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ose, Doug [R-CA-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/1659
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1659
- us · 108-hr-1659 · source updated 18 August 2025