[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2599 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2599

  To terminate the Federal price support programs for sugar beets and 
                               sugarcane.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1999

    Mr. Wu introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To terminate the Federal price support programs for sugar beets and 
                               sugarcane.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR SUGAR BEETS AND SUGARCANE.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 156 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act 
(title I of Public Law 104-127; 7 U.S.C. 7272) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The Agricultural Act of 1949 is 
amended--
            (A) in section 201(a) (7 U.S.C. 1446(a)), by striking 
        ``milk, sugar beets, and sugarcane'' and inserting ``and 
        milk'';
            (B) in section 401(e) (7 U.S.C. 1421(e))--
                    (i) by striking ``(1)'' after ``(e)''; and
                    (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (C) in section 405 (7 U.S.C. 1425)--
                    (i) by striking ``(a)'' before ``Except''; and
                    (ii) by striking subsection (b).
    (2) The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended--
            (A) by striking part VII of subtitle B of title III (7 
        U.S.C. 1359aa-1359jj); and
            (B) in section 344(f)(2) (7 U.S.C. 1344(f)(2)), by striking 
        ``sugar cane for sugar, sugar beets for sugar,''.
    (3) Section 902 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1446g 
note) is amended by striking subsection (a).
    (c) Prohibition on Subsequent Provision of Price Support.--
            (1) Prohibition.--After the effective date specified in 
        subsection (e), 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) Outstanding loans.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall settle any outstanding loans under section 156 
        of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (title I of Public 
        Law 104-127; 7 U.S.C. 7272) made before the effective date 
        specified in subsection (e).
    (d) 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 specified in 
subsection (e).
    (e) Effective Date; Application of Section.--This section and the 
amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 1999, 
and shall apply with respect to the 2000 and subsequent crops of sugar 
beets and sugarcane.
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