[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6375 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6375

To repeal the sugar price support program and marketing allotments for 
                     sugar, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2010

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the sugar price support program and marketing allotments for 
                     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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Free Market Sugar Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SUGAR PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM AND MARKETING ALLOTMENTS 
              FOR SUGAR.

    (a) Sugar Program.--
            (1) Repeal.--Section 156 of the Federal Agriculture 
        Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) is repealed.
            (2) Related feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy 
        producers.--Section 9010 of the Farm Security and Rural 
        Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8110) is repealed.
    (b) Marketing Allotments for Sugar.--
            (1) Repeal.--Part VII of subtitle B of title III of the 
        Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359aa-1359ll), 
        except section 359k (7 U.S.C. 1359kk), is repealed.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 359k of the Agricultural 
        Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359kk) is amended to read as 
        follows:

``SEC. 359K. ADMINISTRATION OF TARIFF RATE QUOTAS.

    ``(a) Establishment.--Except as provided in subsection (c) and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
establish the tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugars 
for a quota year at the level necessary to ensure--
            ``(1) a robust and competitive sugar processing industry in 
        the United States; and
            ``(2) an adequate supply of sugar at reasonable prices in 
        the United States.
    ``(b) Factors.--In determining the tariff-rate quotas necessary to 
satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall consider the following:
            ``(1) The quantity of sugar that will be subject to human 
        consumption in the United States during the quota year.
            ``(2) The quantity of sugar that will be available from the 
        domestic processing of sugarcane, sugar beets, and in-process 
        beet sugar.
            ``(3) The quantity of sugar that would provide for 
        reasonable carryover stocks.
            ``(4) The quantity of sugar that will be available from 
        carry-over stocks for human consumption in the United States 
        during the quota year.
            ``(5) United States obligations under international trade 
        agreements that have been approved by Congress.
    ``(c) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to specialty 
sugar.''.
    (c) Permanent Price Support Levels for Designated Nonbasic 
Agricultural Commodities.--
            (1) Repeal.--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) Conforming amendment.--Section 301 of the Agricultural 
        Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1447) is amended by inserting ``(other 
        than sugar beets and sugarcane)'' after ``any nonbasic 
        agricultural commodity''.
    (d) Storage Facility Loans.--Section 1402 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7971) is repealed.
    (e) Storage Payments.--Section 167 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7287) is repealed.
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