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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5189 

To establish the Orange Juice Promotion and Production Improvements Trust 

Fund. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2008 

Mr. MEEK of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To establish the Orange Juice Promotion and Production 

Improvements Trust Fund. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. ORANGE JUICE PROMOTION AND PRODUCTION 

4 IMPROVEMENTS TRUST FUND. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 

6 within the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to 

7 be known as the Orange Juice Promotion and Production 

8 Improvements Trust Fund (hereinafter in this section re9 ferred to as the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), consisting of such 

10 amounts as may be transferred to the Trust Fund under 


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1 subsection (b) and any amounts as may be credited to the 

2 Trust Fund under subsection (c)(2). 

3 (b) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.—The Secretary of the 

4 Treasury shall transfer to the Trust Fund out of the gen5 eral fund of the Treasury of the United States amounts 

6 determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be equiva7 lent to the amounts received into such general fund that 

8 are attributable to 15 percent of the duty received as of 

9 September 30 of each year on articles under headings 

10 2009.11.00 through 2009.19.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 

11 Schedule of the United States. 

12 (c) INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUND.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the 

14 Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of 

15 the Trust Fund as is not, in the Secretary’s judg16 ment, required to meet current withdrawals. Such 

17 investments may be made only in interest-bearing 

18 obligations of the United States or in obligations 

19 guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the 

20 United States. For such purpose, such obligations 

21 may be acquired on original issue at the issue price 

22 or by purchase of outstanding obligations at the 

23 market price. Any obligation acquired by the Trust 

24 Fund may be sold by the Secretary of the Treasury 

25 at the market price. 


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1 (2) INTEREST AND PROCEEDS FROM SALE OR

2 REDEMPTION OF OBLIGATIONS.—The interest on, 

3 and the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any 

4 obligations held in the Trust Fund shall be credited 

5 to and form a part of the Trust Fund. 

6 (d) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FROM TRUST

7 FUND.—From amounts available in the Trust Fund (in8 cluding any amounts not obligated in previous fiscal 

9 years), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pro10 vide grants to entities in the United States established for 

11 the generic promotion of orange juice in the United States 

12 market. The Secretary shall provide such grants only to 

13 entities that themselves provide funds on a matching 

14 basis. Such grants shall be provided for programs or 

15 projects that do one or more of the following: 

16 (1) Assist United States producers of oranges 

17 produced for juice processing in the generic pro18 motion and development of the orange juice market. 

19 (2) Assist United States producers of oranges 

20 produced for processing in the research of produc21 tion improvements. 

22 (e) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of the 

23 Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri24 culture, shall prepare and submit to Congress an annual 

25 report on the financial condition and the results of the 


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1 operations of the Trust Fund, including a description of 

2 the use of amounts of grants provided under subsection 

3 (d), during the preceding fiscal year and on its expected 

4 condition and operations during the next fiscal year. 

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