United States · Bill · S
S. 273 (109th)
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend and improve national dairy market loss payments.
Introduced
3 February 2005
Last action
3 February 2005 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S981)
Sponsors
Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN], Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Ron Wyden, John Thune, Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA], Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large], Rep. DeWine, Mike [R-OH-7], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Susan Collins, Charles Schumer, Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN], Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large], Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large], Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO], Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5], Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]
Subjects
Agriculture
Source updated
10 February 2026
Summary
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect to national dairy market loss payments to: (1) extend, by two years, program sign-up and contract periods; and (2) double single dairy operation payment quantities.
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Timeline
3 February 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S981)
Source: IntroReferral
3 February 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S980-981)
Source: IntroReferral
3 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 3 February 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 February 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 February 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 3 February 2005
Sponsors
- Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
- Ron Wyden · D · Sponsor
- John Thune · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. DeWine, Mike [R-OH-7] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
- Charles Schumer · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] · I · Sponsor
- Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/273
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/273
- us · 109-s-273 · source updated 10 February 2026