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‘‘(A) PROPORTIONATE SHARE STATES.—As
a condition of a loan made to a processor for the
benefit of a producer, the Secretary shall require
each producer of sugarcane located in a State
(other than the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
in which there are in excess of 250 producers of
sugarcane to report, in the manner prescribed by
the Secretary, the sugarcane yields and acres
planted to sugarcane of the producer.
‘‘(B) OTHER STATES.—The Secretary may
require each producer of sugarcane or sugar beets
not covered by subparagraph (A) to report, in a
manner prescribed by the Secretary, the yields
of, and acres planted to, sugarcane or sugar
beets, respectively, of the producer.
‘‘(3) DUTY OF IMPORTERS TO REPORT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall require an
importer of sugars, syrups, or molasses to be
used for human consumption or to be used for
the extraction of sugar for human consumption
to report, in the manner prescribed by the Sec-
retary, the quantities of the products imported
by the importer and the sugar content or equiva-
lent of the products.
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‘‘(B) 
TARIFF-RATE
QUOTAS.—Subpara-
graph (A) shall not apply to sugars, syrups, or
molasses that are within the quantities of tariff-
rate quotas that are subject to the lower rate of
duties.
‘‘(4) INFORMATION ON MEXICO.—
‘‘(A) COLLECTION.—The Secretary shall
collect—
‘‘(i) information of the production,
consumption, stocks, and trade of sugar in
Mexico, including United States exports of
sugar to Mexico; and
‘‘(ii) publicly-available information on
Mexican 
production, 
consumption, 
and
trade of high fructose corn syrups.
‘‘(B) PUBLICATION.—The data collected
under subparagraph (A) shall be published in
each edition of the World Agricultural Supply
and Demand Estimates.
‘‘(5) PENALTY.—Any person willfully failing or
refusing to furnish the information required under
paragraph (1), (2), or (3), or furnishing willfully any
false information, shall be subject to a civil penalty
of not more than $10,000 for each such violation.
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‘‘(6) MONTHLY REPORTS.—Taking into consider-
ation the information received under this subsection,
the Secretary shall publish on a monthly basis com-
posite data on production, imports, distribution, and
stock levels of sugar.
‘‘(i) SUBSTITUTION OF REFINED SUGAR.—For pur-
poses of Additional U.S. Note 6 to chapter 17 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States and the reex-
port programs and polyhydric alcohol program adminis-
tered by the Secretary, all refined sugars (whether derived
from sugar beets or sugarcane) produced by cane sugar re-
fineries and beet sugar processors shall be fully substitutable
for the export of sugar and sugar-containing products under
those programs.
‘‘(j) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall be effective
only for the 2008 through 2012 crops of sugar beets
and sugarcane.
‘‘(2) TRANSITION.—The Secretary shall make
loans for raw cane sugar and refined beet sugar
available for the 2007 crop year on the terms and
conditions provided in this section as in effect on the
day before the date of enactment of the Food and En-
ergy Security Act of 2007.’’.
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SEC. 1502. STORAGE FACILITY LOANS.
Section 1402(c) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7971(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3);
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) not include any penalty for prepayment’’;
and
(4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by inserting ‘‘other’’ after ‘‘on such’’.
SEC. 1503. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION STORAGE
PAYMENTS.
Subtitle E of the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7281 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 167. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION STORAGE
PAYMENTS.
‘‘(a) INITIAL CROP YEARS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for each of the 2008 through 2011
crop years, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall estab-
lish rates for the storage of forfeited sugar in an amount
that is not less than—
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‘‘(1) in the case of refined sugar, 15 cents per
hundredweight of refined sugar per month; and
‘‘(2) in the case of raw cane sugar, 10 cents per
hundredweight of raw cane sugar per month.
‘‘(b) SUBSEQUENT CROP YEARS.—For each of the 2012
and subsequent crop years, the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion shall establish rates for the storage of forfeited sugar
in the same manner as was used on the day before the date
of enactment of this section.’’.
SEC. 1504. FLEXIBLE MARKETING ALLOTMENTS FOR SUGAR.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 359a of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359aa) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3),
and (4) as paragraphs (2), (4), (5), and (6), respec-
tively;
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following:
‘‘(1) HUMAN CONSUMPTION.—The term ‘human
consumption’, when used in the context of a reference
to sugar (whether in the form of sugar, in-process
sugar, syrup, molasses, or in some other form) for
human consumption, includes sugar for use in human
food, beverages, or similar products.’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redes-
ignated) the following: