,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdbf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1 
#bjah,mrs4 ,gillibrand introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,agricultural  
,act of #bjad to return premiums paid   
under the margin protection program for 
dairy producers to participating dairy  
operations4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,dairy ,premium    
,refund ,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,repayment  
of premiums to participating dairy      
operations ,section #adjg of the        
,agricultural ,act of #bjad 7#g         
,u4,s4,c4 #ijeg7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  7f7 ,repayment 
of premiums  7#a7 ,in general ,for the  
#bjae calendar year and each calendar   
year thereafter1 the ,secretary shall   
repay to participating dairy operations 
an amount equal to the difference       
between--  7,a7 the total amount of     

premiums paid by participating dairy    
operations under this section for the   
applicable calendar year2 and  7,b7 the 
sum obtained by adding-- 7i7 the total  
amount of payments made to participating
 dairy operations under section #adjf   
for that calendar year2 and  7ii7 the   
costs of carrying out the margin        
protection program for that calendar    
year4  7#b7 ,applicability ,paragraph   
7#a7 shall only apply to a calendar year
 for which the amount described in      
subparagraph 7,a7 of that paragraph is  
greater than the amount described in    
subparagraph 7,b7 of that paragraph4    
7#c7 ,allocation of payments ,a         
repayment to a participating dairy      
operation under paragraph 7#a7 shall be 
based on the proportion that--  7,a7 the
 amount of premiums paid by the         
participating dairy operation under this
 section for the applicable calendar    
year2 bears to  7,b7 the total amount of
 premiums paid by participating dairy   
operations under this section for that  

calendar year4  7#d7 ,reduction for     
payments received  7,a7 ,in general ,a  
repayment to a participating dairy      
operation under paragraph 7#a7 for a    
calendar year shall be an amount equal  
to the difference between--  7i7 the    
amount of the repayment to the          
participating dairy operation determined
 under paragraph 7#c7 for the calendar  
year2 and  7ii7 the amount of payments  
made to the participating dairy         
operation under section #adjf for the   
calendar year4  7,b7 ,applicability ,no 
payment shall be required under this    
subsection in the case of an amount     
determined under subparagraph 7,a7 that 
is less than or equal to zero4  4