S. 2086 · 115th Congress
Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017
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Menendez18 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
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.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Nov 7, 2017
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017
Latest action (Nov 7, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Nov 7, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.