[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2323 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2323

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
            a tariff-rate quota for certified organic sugar.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2002

  Mr. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
            a tariff-rate quota for certified organic sugar.

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

SECTION 1. CREATION OF TARIFF-RATE QUOTA FOR ORGANIC SUGAR IMPORTS.

    (a) Amendment to Additional United States Notes.--Additional United 
States Note 5(a)(1) of chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence, by striking ``may'' and 
        inserting ``shall''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``The quota 
        quantity reserved for the importation of specialty sugars shall 
        include a minimum quantity to be reserved for the importation 
        of certified organic sugar in an amount not less than 12,000 
        metric tons to be charged against the aggregate quantity for 
        raw cane sugar or against the aggregate quantity for sugars, 
        syrups, and molasses other than raw cane sugar in such 
        proportions as the Secretary shall determine based on 
        information available to the Secretary concerning the 
        polarization of the certified organic sugar imported 
        hereunder.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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