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HR 1385 112th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Agricultural trade Tariffs

Free Market Sugar Act

Introduced: November 3, 2011 See on congress.gov
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May 11, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Apr 6, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 6, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Free Market Sugar Act - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to repeal the sugar loan program.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers.

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal sugar marketing allotment provisions.

Replaces sugar quota import shortfall provisions with a provision requiring the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugars for a quota year at the level necessary to ensure: (1) a competitive U.S. sugar processing industry, and (2) an adequate and reasonably-priced sugar supply in the United States. Exempts specialty sugar from such provision.

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the sugar price support program.

What's happening now May 11, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 3 Republican 5
Black, Diane
· Apr 17, 2012
BIGGERT, JUDY
· Mar 29, 2012
BRADY, ROBERT
· Mar 28, 2012
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Feb 24, 2012
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Feb 3, 2012
Renacci, James
· Jan 31, 2012
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 23, 2012
Murphy, Tim
· Jan 17, 2012
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Dec 19, 2011
Barletta, Lou
· Dec 2, 2011
Shuster, Bill
· Nov 30, 2011
Marino, Tom
· Nov 16, 2011
Meehan, Patrick
· Nov 16, 2011
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 4, 2011
MANZULLO, DONALD
· Nov 3, 2011
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Oct 26, 2011
Dent, Charles
· Jul 6, 2011
 R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Tennessee · May 23, 2011
PLATTS, TODD
· May 2, 2011
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 6, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1385: Free Market Sugar Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1385/
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"H.R. 1385: Free Market Sugar Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1385/.
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H.R. 1385, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1385/.
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