3.0.0 25 2023-01-11T13:20:45Z 2023-01-11T13:20:45Z Senate S S 2011-01-25 112 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-01-25T16:51:02Z 2011-01-25 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S142-143) IntroReferral 2011-01-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2011-01-25 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-01-25 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2011-04-04 False T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2011-09-22 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2011-10-04 False B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2011-10-05 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2011-10-18 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-12-05 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2012-02-28 False C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2012-03-22 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Agricultural trade Tariffs Agriculture and Food 00 2011-01-25 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-02T19:05:29Z Stop Unfair Giveaways and Restrictions Act of 2011 or SUGAR Act of 2011 - Eliminates nonrecourse support loans for sugar producers.

Lowers sugarcane and sugar beet loans rates each year from 2012-2014 until they are $0 for the 2015 crop.

Eliminates: (1) sugar price supports and sugar processor loans as of 2015, and (2) sugar marketing quotas and allotments.

Eliminates: (1) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) forfeited sugar storage payments, (2) sugar processor storage facility loans, and (3) the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers as of the 2013 sugar beet crop year.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a program to increase the tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugars that ensures a competitive U.S. sugar processing industry and an adequate supply of reasonably priced sugar in the United States.

]]> SUGAR Act of 2011 Display Title SUGAR Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to phase out the Federal sugar program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SUGAR Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Stop Unfair Giveaways and Restrictions Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s25is/xml/BILLS-112s25is.xml 2011-01-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S142-143) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.