House Bill 4265
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House on Nov 7, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4265
Congress
115
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017
This bill amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 and other agricultural laws to modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) sugar program.
The bill modifies the sugar program to:
- reduce the rates for price support loans to processors of domestically grown sugarcane and sugar beets;
- require USDA to recover the net cost of the program from domestic sugar processors;
- extend through 2019 and then terminate the Feedstock Flexibility Program under which USDA purchases surplus sugar from domestic processors for resale to ethanol producers;
- extend through 2020 and then repeal the flexible marketing allotments which limit the amount of sugar that domestic processing companies may sell for domestic human use;
- require USDA to administer the program to provide adequate supplies of sugar at reasonable prices;
- require USDA to adjust sugar tariff-rate quota imports to achieve specified ratios of sugar stocks to total sugar use; and
- allow the transfer of quotas between countries.
November 7, 2017
11/07/2017
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
11/07/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
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