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HR 1739 112th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Agricultural trade Tariffs

Free Sugar Act of 2011

Introduced: September 29, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
May 11, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
May 5, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 5, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Free Sugar Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to repeal the sugar loan program.

What's happening now May 11, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 3111 Related bill REFRESH Act of 2011
  • S 1658 Related bill REFRESH Act of 2011
  • S 685 Identical bill Free Sugar Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 3 Republican 1
Barletta, Lou
· Mar 21, 2012
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Feb 6, 2012
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 2, 2012
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· Feb 1, 2012
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Dec 20, 2011
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Dec 14, 2011
 R
Womack, Steve
Arkansas · Oct 25, 2011
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Sep 29, 2011
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Sep 7, 2011
Hensarling, Jeb
· Jun 13, 2011
Lance, Leonard
· Jun 3, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1739: Free Sugar Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1739/
MLA
"H.R. 1739: Free Sugar Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1739/.
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H.R. 1739, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1739/.
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