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HR 693 113th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Agricultural trade Alternative and renewable resources Tariffs Trade agreements and negotiations Trade restrictions

Sugar Reform Act of 2013

Introduced: February 14, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Mar 1, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Feb 14, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 14, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sugar Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane (18 cents per pound) and sugar beet processors through FY2017.

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make specified sugarcane and sugar beet quantity estimates through crop year 2017.

Requires that sugar allotments be appropriate to maintain adequate supplies at reasonable prices, taking into account all domestic supply sources, including imports.

Authorizes the Secretary to suspend or modify marketing allotments, taking into account: (1) the interests of consumers, food industry workers, businesses, and agricultural producers; and (2) the competitiveness of domestically produced and imported foods containing sugar.

Revises sugar tariff-rate quota adjustment provisions to direct the Secretary to: (1) adjust tariff-rates to provide adequate domestic sugar supplies at reasonable prices, (2) establish and adjust tariff-rate quotas so that the ratio of sugar stocks to total sugar use at the end of the quota year will be approximately 15.5%, and (3) promulgate regulations that permit any country that has been allocated a quota share to temporarily transfer all or part of the share to any other country that has also been allocated a quota share.

Extends flexible marketing sugar allotment authority through crop year 2017.

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

What's happening now March 1, 2013

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 66
All 66 Democratic 12 Republican 18
BRADY, KEVIN
· Jun 26, 2013
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 25, 2013
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 18, 2013
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jun 17, 2013
TIBERI, PATRICK
· Jun 17, 2013
Broun, Paul
· Jun 14, 2013
Heck, Denny
· Jun 14, 2013
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Jun 14, 2013
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jun 13, 2013
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 13, 2013
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 12, 2013
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jun 12, 2013
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Jun 11, 2013
Meadows, Mark
· Jun 11, 2013
Brooks, Susan
· May 21, 2013
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · May 17, 2013
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 16, 2013
Campbell, John
· May 7, 2013
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· May 6, 2013
 R
Schweikert, David
Arizona · May 6, 2013
Forbes, J.
· Apr 26, 2013
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Apr 25, 2013
Roe, David
· Apr 24, 2013
Collins, Doug
· Apr 23, 2013
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Apr 23, 2013
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Apr 17, 2013
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 16, 2013
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Apr 12, 2013
Garrett, Scott
· Mar 21, 2013
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Mar 19, 2013
Stewart, Chris
· Mar 19, 2013
Hensarling, Jeb
· Mar 18, 2013
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Mar 13, 2013
WOLF, FRANK
· Mar 12, 2013
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Mar 4, 2013
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Mar 4, 2013
ANDREWS, ROBERT
· Feb 28, 2013
SENSENBRENNER, F.
· Feb 27, 2013
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Feb 25, 2013
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Feb 25, 2013
Murphy, Tim
· Feb 15, 2013
Barletta, Lou
· Feb 14, 2013
Black, Diane
· Feb 14, 2013
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Feb 14, 2013
BRADY, ROBERT
· Feb 14, 2013
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 14, 2013
Dent, Charles
· Feb 14, 2013
 R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Tennessee · Feb 14, 2013
Gerlach, Jim
· Feb 14, 2013
GOODLATTE, ROBERT
· Feb 14, 2013
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