US Congress Senate Bill 831 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2518)
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Dairy COOL Act of 2011 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend mandatory country of origin labeling to dairy products (fluid milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, butter, and other dairy products). Requires a dairy product retailer to designate the product's origin as: (1) each country in which or from the one or more dairy ingredients were produced or originated, and each country in which the product was processed; and (2) if a U.S.-produced dairy product, the state, region, or locality where the product was produced.

Dairy COOL Act of 2011

Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2518)
2011-04-14	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2518)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/831/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s831/BILLS-112s831is.pdf