,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bh1    
#bjbc,mrs4 ,gillibrand 7for herself and 
,ms4 ,collins7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to require the ,secretary of           
,agriculture to initiate hearings to    
review ,federal milk marketing orders   
relating to pricing of ,class ,i skim   
milk1 and for other purposes4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,dairy ,pricing ,opportunity ,act of
 #bjbc4  #b4 ,notice and hearings  7a7  
,in general ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,agriculture    
shall provide notice of1 and initiate1  
national hearings to review ,federal    
milk marketing orders under section     
#h;c7#c7 of the ,agricultural           
,adjustment ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4          
#fjh;c7#c771 reenacted with amendments  

by the ,agricultural ,marketing         
,agreement ,act of #aicg1 which shall   
include review and consideration of     
views and proposals of producers and the
 dairy industry on the ,class ,i skim   
milk price1 including the higher of     
,class ,i skim milk formula described in
 subsection 7b7 and any other views and 
proposals on the ,class ,i skim milk    
price1 and such other matters as the    
,secretary of ,agriculture considers    
appropriate4  7b7 ,higher of ,class ,i  
skim milk formula described ,the higher 
of ,class ,i skim milk formula referred 
to in subsection 7a7 is the formula     
under which1 for purposes of determining
 prices for milk of the highest use     
classification1 the ,class ,i skim milk 
price per hundredweight specified in    
section #ajjj4ej7;b7 of title #g1 ,code 
of ,federal ,regulations 7or successor  
regulations71 is equal to the sum       
obtained by adding-- 7#a7 the adjusted  
,class ,i differential specified in     
section #ajjj4eb of that title 7or      

successor regulations72  7#b7 the       
adjustment to ,class ,i prices specified
 in sections #ajje4ea7;b71 #ajjf4ea7;b71
 and #ajjg4ea7;b7 of that title 7or     
successor regulations72 and  7#c7 the   
higher of-- 7,a7 the advanced pricing   
factor computed under section           
#ajjj4ej7q77#a7 of that title 7or       
successor regulations72 and  7,b7 the   
advanced pricing factor computed under  
section #ajjj4ej7q77#b7 of that title   
7or successor regulations74  #c4        
,mandatory reporting of dairy product   
processing costs ,section #bgc of the   
,agricultural ,marketing ,act of #aidf  
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #afcg;b7 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7b77#a7-- 7,a7 in        
subparagraph 7,a77ii71 by striking and  
at the end2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 
by striking the period at the end and   
inserting a semicolon2 and  7,c7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7,c7  
for each manufacturer required to report
 under subparagraph 7,a7 for any        
product1 require that manufacturer to   

report cost and yield information1 as   
determined by the ,secretary1 for all   
products processed in the same facility 
or facilities2 and  7,d7 require any    
manufacturer of such other dairy        
products as determined by the ,secretary
 to report cost and yield information in
 the same manner as under subparagraph  
7,c71 for the purposes of providing     
information for the regulatory or       
administrative establishment of pricing 
rules4  2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7d71  
by adding at the end the following3     
7#c7 ,dairy product processing costs    
,not later than #b years after the date 
of enactment of this paragraph1 and     
every #b years thereafter1 the          
,secretary shall publish a report       
containing the information obtained     
under subparagraphs 7,c7 and 7,d7 of    
subsection 7b77#a74  4