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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1687

To terminate the agricultural price support and production adjustment

programs for sugar.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 23, 1995

Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr.

FORBES, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. HANSEN, Ms. HARMAN, Mr.

KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr.

OWENS, Mr. PORTER, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHAYS,

Mr. STUDDS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. SHAW, Mr.

ROHRABACHER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KASICH,

Mr. DORNAN, Mr. WALKER, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. JACOBS,

Mr. DAVIS, Mr. PETRI, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mrs.

LOWEY, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. LIPINSKI,

Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. KLUG, Mr. WOLF, Mr. ZELIFF,

Mr. HYDE, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. COX, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. CHABOT, Mr.

YOUNG of Florida, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr. TALENT, Mr. WAMP,

Mr. PACKARD, Mr. BASS, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. YATES, Mr. FRANKS of

New Jersey, Mr. HOKE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr.

WYNN, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr.

NEY, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mrs. SEASTRAND, Mr. GEKAS, Mr.

LARGENT, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr.

BROWN of Ohio, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr.

GOSS, and Mr. SOUDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To terminate the agricultural price support and production

adjustment programs for sugar.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF PRICE SUPPORT AND PRO4 DUCTION ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS FOR

5 SUGAR BEETS AND SUGARCANE.

6 (a) TERMINATION OF PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM.—

7 (1) PRICE SUPPORT LEVELS FOR DESIGNATED

8 NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.—Section

9 201(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

10 1446(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘milk, sugar beets,

11 and sugarcane’’ and inserting ‘‘and milk’’.

12 (2) SUGAR PRICE SUPPORT.—Section 206 of

13 such Act (7 U.S.C. 1446g) is repealed.

14 (3) BENEFITS.—Section 401(e) of such Act (7

15 U.S.C. 1421(e)) is amended—

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’;

17 and

18 (B) by striking paragraph (2).

19 (4) PERSONAL LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS FOR

20 DEFICIENCIES.—Section 405 of such Act (7 U.S.C.

21 1425) is amended—

22 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a)’’;

23 and

24 (B) by striking subsection (b).
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1 (5) POWERS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORA2 TION.—Section 5(a) of the Commodity Credit Cor3 poration Charter Act (7 U.S.C. 714c(a)) is amended

4 by inserting ‘‘(except for sugar beets and sugar5 cane)’’ after ‘‘agricultural commodities’’.

6 (b) TERMINATION OF ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS AND

7 MARKETING QUOTAS.—

8 (1) TERMINATION.—Part VII of subtitle B of

9 title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

10 (7 U.S.C. 1359aa–1359jj) is repealed.

11 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

12 344(f)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1344(f)(2)) is

13 amended by striking ‘‘sugar cane for sugar, sugar

14 beets for sugar,’’.

15 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING PREVEN16 TION OF GOVERNMENT ACCUMULATION OF SUGAR.—Sec17 tion 902 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C.

18 1446g note) is amended—

19 (1) by striking subsection (a); and

20 (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as

21 subsections (a) and (b), respectively.

22 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING SECTION

23 32 ACTIVITIES.—The second sentence of the first para24 graph of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7

25 U.S.C. 612c), is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than sugar
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1 beets and sugarcane)’’ after ‘‘commodity’’ the last place

2 it appears.

3 (e) PROHIBITION ON SUBSEQUENT PROVISION OF

4 PRICE SUPPORT.—

5 (1) PROHIBITION.—After the effective date of

6 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may not make

7 price support available, whether in the form of loans,

8 payments, purchases, or other operations, for crops

9 of sugar beets or sugarcane by using the funds of

10 the Commodity Credit Corporation or under the au11 thority of any law.

12 (2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph

13 (1), the Secretary shall settle any outstanding loans

14 under section 206 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7

15 U.S.C. 1446g) made before the effective date of this

16 Act.

17 (f) EFFECT ON EXISTING LIABILITY.—The amend18 ments made by this section shall not affect the liability

19 of any person under any provision of law as in effect be20 fore the effective date of this Act.

21 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend22 ments made by this section shall take effect on October

23 1, 1996.

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