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      "id": 104003,
      "date": "1996-05-17",
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      "title": "Dairy Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill",
      "summary": "The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 ( P.L. 104-127 , the enacted 1996\nfarm\nbill) contains provisions (Title I, Subtitle D, Chapter 1) that significantly modify the two major federal\npolicy tools used to support milk markets: the dairy price support program and federal milk marketing\norders. The new law reduces the level of price support under the dairy price support program in each\nyear (1997 through 1999), until the program is terminated at the end of 1999. In return, the deficit\nreduction assessment paid by milk producers is eliminated almost immediately. The dairy price\nsupport program is replaced on January 1, 2000 by a recourse loan program for dairy processors to\nassist them in managing their inventories. The enacted 1996 farm bill requires a reduction in the\nnumber of milk marketing orders, to at least 10 but no more than 14 -- and gives USDA three years\nto administratively achieve this goal.\n  Other dairy provisions in the 1996 law: 1) give the New England states temporary authority to\nenter into a regional dairy compact, pending a USDA determination that there is a compelling public\ninterest in a compact; 2) allow California to retain its minimum nonfat solids standards for fluid milk\nat its current level; 3) establish a maximum manufacturing allowance for states; 4) extend the\nauthority for the processor-funded promotion program through 2002; and 5) fully fund the dairy\nexport incentive program at the maximum level allowed under the Uruguay Round agreement.",
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    "Energy Policy"
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