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[CITE: 7USC7256]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
               CHAPTER 100--AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--OTHER COMMODITIES
 
                              Part A--Dairy
 
Sec. 7256. Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact

    Congress hereby consents to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact 
entered into among the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New 
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont as specified in section 1(b) Senate 
Joint Resolution 28 of the 104th Congress, as placed on the calendar of 
the Senate, subject to the following conditions:

              (1) Finding of compelling public interest

        Based upon a finding by the Secretary of a compelling public 
    interest in the Compact region, the Secretary may grant the States 
    that have ratified the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact, as of 
    April 4, 1996, the authority to implement the Northeast Interstate 
    Dairy Compact.

                (2) Limitation on manufacturing price

        The Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact Commission shall not 
    regulate Class II, Class III, or Class III-A milk used for 
    manufacturing purposes or any other milk, other than Class I (fluid) 
    milk, as defined by a Federal milk marketing order issued under 
    section 608c of this title.

                            (3) Duration

        Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
    terminate on September 30, 2001.

                        (4) Additional States

        Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and 
    Virginia are the only additional States that may join the Northeast 
    Interstate Dairy Compact, individually or otherwise, if upon entry 
    the State is contiguous to a participating State and if Congress 
    consents to the entry of the State into the Compact after April 4, 
    1996.

          (5) Compensation of Commodity Credit Corporation

        Before the end of each fiscal year that a Compact price 
    regulation is in effect, the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact 
    Commission shall compensate the Commodity Credit Corporation for the 
    cost of any purchases of milk and milk products by the Corporation 
    that result from the projected rate of increase in milk production 
    for the fiscal year within the Compact region in excess of the 
    projected national average rate of the increase in milk production, 
    as determined by the Secretary.

               (6) Milk marketing order Administrator

        At the request of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact 
    Commission, the Administrator of the applicable Federal milk 
    marketing order issued under section 608c(5) \1\ of this title shall 
    provide technical assistance to the Compact Commission and be 
    compensated for that assistance.
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                       (7) Further conditions

        The Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact Commission shall not 
    prohibit or in any way limit the marketing in the Compact region of 
    any milk or milk product produced in any other production area in 
    the United States. The Compact Commission shall respect and abide by 
    the ongoing procedures between Federal milk marketing orders with 
    respect to the sharing of proceeds from sales within the Compact 
    region of bulk milk, packaged milk, or producer milk originating 
    from outside of the Compact region. The Compact Commission shall not 
    use compensatory payments under section 10(6) of the Compact as a 
    barrier to the entry of milk into the Compact region or for any 
    other purpose. Establishment of a Compact over-order price, in 
    itself, shall not be considered a compensatory payment or a 
    limitation or prohibition on the marketing of milk.

(Pub. L. 104-127, title I, Sec. 147, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 919; Pub. 
L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(8) [Sec. 4], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1536, 1501A-520.)

                       References in Text

    Senate Joint Resolution 28 of the 104th Congress, referred to in 
text, which would have granted consent of the Congress to the Northeast 
Interstate Dairy Compact, was not enacted into law during the 104th 
Congress.
    Section 608c(5) of this title, referred to in par. (6), was in the 
original ``section 8(c)5 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 
608c), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 
Act of 1937,'' which was translated as meaning section 8c(5) of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.


                               Amendments

    1999--Par. (3). Pub. L. 106-113 substituted ``on September 30, 
2001.'' for ``concurrent with the Secretary's implementation of the 
dairy pricing and Federal milk marketing order consolidation and reforms 
under section 7253 of this title.''
