I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2081
To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to convert the price support
program for sugarcane and sugar beets into a system of solely recourse
loans, to gradually reduce the level of price support available for sugar-
cane and sugar beets, and to eliminate the program after the 2004
crops of sugarcane and sugar beets.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2001
Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr.
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FRANK, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. GOSS, Mr. KOLBE, Mr.
SHAYS, Mr. KIRK, Mrs. NORTHUP, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BASS, Mr. ROYCE,
Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. PORTMAN, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. ALLEN,
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. WAMP,
Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. HOLT, Mr. CLAY, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr.
BLAGOJEVICH, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. SENSEN-
BRENNER, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr.
SOUDER, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. HORN, Mr.
BORSKI, Mr. SHAW, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CRANE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HUTCHINSON,
Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, and Mr. RUSH) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to convert
the price support program for sugarcane and sugar beets
into a system of solely recourse loans, to gradually reduce
the level of price support available for sugarcane and
sugar beets, and to eliminate the program after the
2004 crops of sugarcane and sugar beets.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sugar Program Re-
form Act’’.
SEC. 2. RECOURSE LOANS FOR PROCESSORS OF SUGAR-
CANE AND SUGAR BEETS AND REDUCTION IN
LOAN RATES.
(a) GRADUAL REDUCTION IN LOAN RATES.—
(1) 
SUGARCANE
PROCESSOR
LOANS.—Sub-
section (a) of section 156 of the Agricultural Market
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘equal to 18 cents per pound for raw cane
sugar.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘, per pound for
raw cane sugar, equal to the following:
‘‘(1) In the case of raw cane sugar processed
from the 1996 through 2000 crops, $0.18.
‘‘(2) In the case of raw cane sugar processed
from the 2001 crop, $0.17.
‘‘(3) In the case of raw cane sugar processed
from the 2002 crop, $0.16.
‘‘(4) In the case of raw cane sugar processed
from the 2003 crop, $0.15.
‘‘(5) In the case of raw cane sugar processed
from the 2004 crop, $0.14.’’.
(2) SUGAR
BEET
PROCESSOR
LOANS.—Sub-
section (b) of such section is amended by striking
‘‘equal to 22.9 cents per pound for refined beet
sugar.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘, per pound of
refined beet sugar, that reflects—
‘‘(1) an amount that bears the same relation to
the loan rate in effect under subsection (a) for a
crop as the weighted average of producer returns for
sugar beets bears to the weighted average of pro-
ducer returns for sugarcane, expressed on a cents
per pound basis for refined beet sugar and raw cane
sugar, for the most recent five-year period for which
data are available; plus
‘‘(2) an amount that covers sugar beet proc-
essor fixed marketing expenses.’’.
(b) CONVERSION TO RECOURSE LOANS.—Subsection
(e) of such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) RECOURSE LOANS.—The Secretary shall
carry out this section only through the use of non-
recourse loans.
‘‘(2) NATIONAL LOAN RATES.—Recourse loans
under this section shall be made available at all loca-
tions nationally at the rates specified in this section,
without adjustment to provide regional differen-
tials.’’.
of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), is amended by
inserting ‘‘(other than sugarcane and sugar beets)’’
after ‘‘commodity’’ the last place it appears.
(f) ASSURANCE
OF
ADEQUATE
SUPPLIES
OF
SUGAR.—Subsection (a) of section 902 of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198; 7 U.S.C. 1446g
note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) Beginning with the quota year for sugar imports
which begins after the 2000/2001 quota year, the Presi-
dent shall use all authorities available to the President as
may be necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture
to ensure that adequate supplies of raw cane sugar are
made available to the United States market at prices no
greater than the higher of—
‘‘(1) the world sugar price (adjusted to a deliv-
ered basis); or
‘‘(2) the raw cane sugar loan rate in effect
under section 156 of the Agricultural Market Tran-
sition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272), plus interest.’’.
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