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S 2086 115th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Agricultural trade Alternative and renewable resources Food industry and services Motor fuels Tariffs

Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017

Introduced: November 7, 2017 Introduced by: Shaheen, Jeanne Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017

This bill amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 and other agricultural laws to modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) sugar program.

The bill modifies the sugar program to:

  • reduce the rates for price support loans to processors of domestically grown sugarcane and sugar beets;
  • require USDA to recover the net cost of the program from domestic sugar processors;
  • extend through 2019 and then terminate the Feedstock Flexibility Program under which USDA purchases surplus sugar from domestic processors for resale to ethanol producers;
  • extend through 2020 and then repeal the flexible marketing allotments which limit the amount of sugar that domestic processing companies may sell for domestic human use;
  • require USDA to administer the program to provide adequate supplies of sugar at reasonable prices;
  • require USDA to adjust sugar tariff-rate quota imports to achieve specified ratios of sugar stocks to total sugar use; and
  • allow the transfer of quotas between countries.
What's happening now November 7, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4265 Related bill Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7 Republican 2
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Nov 7, 2017
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Nov 7, 2017
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 7, 2017
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Nov 7, 2017
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Johnson, Ron
Wisconsin · Nov 7, 2017
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Nov 7, 2017
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 7, 2017
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Nov 7, 2017
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 7, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2086: Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2086/
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