,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #beee  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #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 establish the ,dairy   
,farm ,sustainability ,price ,loss      
,coverage ,program1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,dairy ,farm        
,sustainability ,act of #bjah4  #b4     
,dairy ,farm ,sustainability ,price     
,loss ,coverage ,program ,part ,i of    
subtitle ,d of title ,i of the          
,agricultural ,act of #bjad is amended  
by inserting after section #adjh 7#g    
,u4,s4,c4 #ijeh7 the following3         
#adjh;,a4 ,dairy ,farm ,sustainability  
,price ,loss ,coverage ,program  7a7    
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,contracting dairy operation ,the term  
contracting dairy operation means a     

participating dairy operation that      
enters into a contract under subsection 
7b77#a74  7#b7 ,minimum milk price ,the 
term minimum milk price means #bc4cd per
 hundredweight of milk1 as adjusted by  
the ,secretary for each half of each    
calendar year to reflect changes in the 
,consumer ,price ,index for ,all ,urban 
,consumers published by the ,bureau of  
,labor ,statistics of the ,department of
 ,labor4  7#c7 ,payment quantity ,the   
term payment quantity means the payment 
quantity established for a contracting  
dairy operation under subsection        
7c77#c74  7b7 ,contracts  7#a7 ,in      
general ,the ,secretary shall offer to  
enter into a contract with a            
participating dairy operation under     
which the participating dairy operation 
may receive payments under subsection   
7c74  7#b7 ,signup ,the ,secretary shall
 offer to enter into contracts under    
paragraph 7#a7 during the period that a 
dairy operation may register to         
participate in the margin protection    

program established under section       
#adjd7;b74  7#c7 ,duration of contracts 
7,a7 ,in general ,except as provided in 
subparagraph 7,b71 a contract entered   
into under paragraph 7#a7 shall cover   
milk marketed by the contracting dairy  
operation during the period beginning on
 the first day of the month during which
 the contract is entered into and ending
 on ,december #ca1 #bjbc4  7,b7         
,violations ,if a contracting dairy     
operation violates a contract entered   
into under paragraph 7#a71 the          
,secretary may--  7i7 terminate the     
contract and allow the contracting dairy
 operation to retain any payments       
received under the contract2 or  7ii7   
allow the contract to remain in effect  
and require the contracting dairy       
operation to repay a portion of the     
payments received under the contract1   
based on the severity of the violation4 
7c7 ,payments  7#a7 ,in general ,the    
,secretary shall provide to a           
contracting dairy operation a payment   

for a month under this subsection and   
not under the margin protection program 
if the amount of the payment to the     
contracting dairy operation for that    
month under this section is greater than
 the amount that the contracting dairy  
operation would receive under the margin
 protection program4  7#b7 ,amount ,the 
amount of a payment to a contracting    
dairy operation under this subsection   
shall be equal to the product obtained  
by multiplying1 as determined by the    
,secretary--  7,a7 the payment quantity 
during the applicable month2  7,b7 the  
difference obtained by subtracting--    
7i7 the minimum milk price2 and  7ii7   
the ,all ,milk price per hundredweight  
under the applicable ,federal milk      
marketing order2 and  7,c7 #de percent4 
7#c7 ,payment quantity  7,a7 ,in general
 ,subject to subparagraph 7,b71 the     
payment quantity for a contracting dairy
 operation for a month shall be equal to
 the hundredweight of milk marketed by  
the contracting dairy operation during  

the month4  7,b7 ,limitation ,the       
payment quantity described in           
subparagraph 7,a7 for any month for a   
contracting dairy operation shall not   
exceed #d1aff hundredweight of milk4    
7#d7 ,timing of payments ,the ,secretary
 shall make a payment to a contracting  
dairy operation under this subsection   
not later than #fj days after the last  
day of the month for which the payment  
is made4  4  #c4 ,extension of margin   
protection program for dairy producers  
,section #adji of the ,agricultural ,act
 of #bjad 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #ijei7 is       
amended by striking #bjah and inserting 
#bjbc4