,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cehf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #aa1  
#bjah,mr4 ,sanders introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,agriculture to provide emergency       
payments to dairy producers4  #a4       
,emergency payments  7a7 ,in general    
,not later than #fj days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,secretary of ,agriculture 7referred to 
in this ,act as the ,secretary7 shall   
issue emergency payments to dairy       
producers according to criteria         
developed by the ,secretary under       
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,criteria  7#a7 ,in
 general ,the ,secretary shall develop  
criteria for the issuance of emergency  
payments under subsection 7a74  7#b7    
,priority ,in developing criteria under 
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall--  
7,a7 give priority to a dairy producer--

 7i7 located in a ,state with a high    
cost of dairy production compared to    
other ,states2 or  7ii7 on a farm with a
 high cost of dairy production based on 
the size of the farm1 as determined by  
the ,secretary2 and  7,b7 in carrying   
out subparagraph 7,a71 use the most     
current estimates of the ,economic      
,research ,service for the cost of milk 
production by ,state and nationwide4    
7c7 ,payment limitation ,an emergency   
payment under subsection 7a7 shall be   
not less than #aj1jjj but not greater   
than #bj1jjj per dairy operation4  7d7  
,funding ,of the funds of the ,commodity
 ,credit ,corporation1 the ,secretary   
shall use to carry out this section     
#eef1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjai1 to  
remain available until expended4  #b4   
,emergency designation  7a7 ,statutory  
,,paygo ,this ,act is designated as an  
emergency requirement pursuant to       
section #d7;g7 of the ,statutory        
,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of #bjaj 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #icc7;g774  7b7 ,senate       

designation ,in the ,senate1 this ,act  
is designated as an emergency           
requirement pursuant to section         
#daab7;a7 of ,h4 ,con4 ,res4 #ga 7#aaeth
 ,congress71 the concurrent resolution  
on the budget for fiscal year #bjah4