FIRST REGULAR SESSION

House Concurrent Resolution No. 13

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY



1401L.01I

Whereas, the current federal milk marketing order pricing system does not fully account for regional differences in the costs of producing milk and only establishes a minimum price for milk; and



Whereas, by design, the federal program relies on state regulation for an adjustment in fluid milk prices to account for regional differences; however, the courts have ruled that individual states do not have the authority to regulate milk prices under the Interstate Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution; and



Whereas, Congress may delegate its regulatory authority over interstate commerce to regional groupings of states through the mechanism of an interstate compact; and



Whereas, entering into dairy compacts is thus the means for states to obtain from Congress the regulatory authority over their region's interstate markets for milk; and



Whereas, the Southern Dairy Compact shall become effective when entered into by three of the designated states in the Compact and when the consent of Congress has been obtained; and



Whereas, at least three states of the required states having entered into the Southern Dairy Compact, leaving on the necessary consent of Congress to be obtained before the Compact shall become effective:



Now, therefore, be it resolved that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-first General Assembly, First Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby urge the United States Congress to consent to the Southern Dairy Compact to allow the states that enter into the Compact to have regulatory authority over their region's interstate markets for milk; and



Be it further resolved that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and every member of the Missouri Congressional delegation.


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