[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1363 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1363

 To terminate the agricultural price support and production adjustment 
programs for sugar on the date the President certifies to Congress that 
  a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade has been entered into that 
prohibits all export subsidies for sugar, price support and production 
adjustment programs for sugar, and tariffs and other trade barriers on 
           the importation of sugar, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 25, 1995

  Mr. Abraham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To terminate the agricultural price support and production adjustment 
programs for sugar on the date the President certifies to Congress that 
  a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade has been entered into that 
prohibits all export subsidies for sugar, price support and production 
adjustment programs for sugar, and tariffs and other trade barriers on 
           the importation of sugar, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF PRICE SUPPORT AND PRODUCTION ADJUSTMENT 
              PROGRAMS FOR SUGAR BEETS AND SUGARCANE.

    (a) Termination of Price Support Program.--
            (1) Price support levels for designated nonbasic 
        agricultural commodities.--Section 201(a) of the Agricultural 
        Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(a)) is amended by striking ``milk, 
        sugar beets, and sugarcane'' and inserting ``and milk''.
            (2) Sugar price support.--Section 206 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 
        1446g) is repealed.
            (3) Benefits.--Section 401(e) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1421(e)) 
        is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(1)''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2).
            (4) Personal liability of producers for deficiencies.--
        Section 405 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1425) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a)''; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (b).
            (5) Powers of commodity credit corporation.--Section 5(a) 
        of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (7 U.S.C. 
        714c(a)) is amended by inserting ``(except for sugar beets and 
        sugarcane)'' after ``agricultural commodities''.
    (b) Termination of Acreage Allotments and Marketing Quotas.--
            (1) Termination.--Part VII of subtitle B of title III of 
        the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359aa et 
        seq.) is repealed.
            (2) Conforming Amendment.--Section 344(f)(2) of the Act (7 
        U.S.C. 1344(f)(2)) is amended by striking ``sugar cane for 
        sugar, sugar beets for sugar,''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments Regarding Prevention of Government 
Accumulation of Sugar.--Section 902 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 1446g note) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a); and
            (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
        (a) and (b), respectively.
    (d) Conforming Amendment Regarding Section 32 Activities.--The 
second sentence of the first paragraph of section 32 of the Act of 
August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) is amended by inserting ``(other than 
sugar beets and sugarcane)'' after ``commodity'' the last place it 
appears.
    (e) Prohibition on Subsequent Provision of Price Support.--
            (1) Prohibition.--After the effective date of this Act, the 
        Secretary of Agriculture may not make price support available, 
        whether in the form of loans, payments, purchases, or other 
        operations, for crops of sugar beets or sugarcane by using the 
        funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation or under the 
        authority of any law.
            (2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall settle any outstanding loans under section 206 
        of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446g) made before 
        the effective date of this Act.
    (f) Effect on Existing Liability.--The amendments made by this 
section shall not affect the liability of any person under any 
provision of law as in effect before the effective date of this Act.
    (g) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall become effective on the date the President certifies to 
Congress that there has entered into force and effect a General 
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that prohibits all export subsidies for 
sugar, price support and production adjustment programs for sugar, and 
tariffs and other trade barriers on the importation of sugar.