5462 -- Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018 | Poliscope

Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018

5462

115th Congress

Agriculture and Food

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

April 10, 2018

Latest Action

April 30, 2018

Primary Sponsor

Collin C. PetersonDemocratic(MN)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

66pct

20d open

vs 7,393 other HR bills in the 115th — cohort avg 50d

Summary

Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Margin Protection Program for dairy producers, which is a voluntary program that pays participating dairy operations when a formula-based national margin (the difference between milk prices and feed costs) falls below a producer-selected insured margin. The bill changes the name of the program to the Dairy Risk Management Program and modifies coverage levels and premiums. With respect to other USDA dairy programs, the bill: reauthorizes the Dairy Forward Pricing Program, reauthorizes the Dairy Indemnity Program, reauthorizes the Dairy Promotion and Research Program, and repeals the Dairy Product Donation Program.

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2018 · second_quarter · Agriculture

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

S. 2557 - Give our Resources the Opportunity to Work (GROW) Act; S. 2824 - Farm to Food Bank Act of 2018; H.R. 4879 - Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018; H.R.5462 - Dairy Risk Management Act of 2018; 2018 Farm Bill (funding and programs and related amendments to H.R. 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and S. 3042, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018); supporting crop insurance and risk management programs, including Livestock Revenue Protection; dairy policy and related issues (dairy financial crisis and solutions to address the problem, dairy risk management programs; whole milk in schools; labeling of plant-based beverages; federal funding for state agriculture food donation program initiatives; Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy, and Margin Protection Program); and issues of general concern to agriculture.