A bill to provide price support for milk at not less than 90 percent of the parity price therefor.
Latest action. Pocket vetoed by President.
(LATEST SUMMARY) Provides that the price of milk shall be supported at not less than 85 percent of the parity price for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending March 31, 1976. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President take appropriate action to assure that meat and meat product imports not exceed the adjusted base for the current year and that import quotas of selected dairy products not exceed the levels prevailing as of June 1, 1971, as authorized by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on December 20, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
1 step remains before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on January 4, 1975: Pocket vetoed by President.
- A two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate to override the veto
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 1 step is still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
HUBERT HUMPHREY (D-MN) introduced it on December 4, 1974, and 7 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 4 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on December 4, 1974, 18908 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18877 days ago, on January 4, 1975.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenatePassed
- HousePassed
- PresidentVetoed on January 4, 1975