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ing base shall be reallocated to requesting coun-
ty committees based on a random drawing. Any 
county committee receiving base under this sub-
paragraph shall allocate the base to eligible 
farms using the process described in subpara-
graph (E). 
‘‘(G) STATUS
OF
REASSIGNED
BASE.— 
Once reassigned pursuant to this paragraph, 
the acreage base shall remain on the farm, and 
will be subject to the transfer provisions of 
paragraph (1).’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TRANSFERS OF MILL ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) TRANSFER AUTHORIZED.—A producer in a 
proportionate share State, upon written consent 
from all affected crop-share owners (or the rep-
resentative of the crop-share owners) of a farm may 
deliver sugarcane to another processing company if 
the additional delivery, when combined with such 
other processing company’s existing deliveries, does 
not exceed the processing capacity of the company. 
‘‘(2) 
ALLOCATION
ADJUSTMENT.—Notwith-
standing section 359d, the Secretary shall adjust the 
allocations of each of such processing companies af-
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fected by a transfer under paragraph (1) to reflect 
the change in deliveries, based on— 
‘‘(A) the number of acres of sugarcane 
base being transferred; and 
‘‘(B) the pro-rata amount of allocation at 
the processing company holding the applicable 
allocation that equals the grower’s contribution 
to the processing company’s allocation for the 
sugarcane base acres being transferred.’’. 
(h) APPEALS.—Section 359i of the Agricultural Ad-
justment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ii) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or 359g(d)’’ 
after ‘‘359f’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c). 
(i) ADMINISTRATION OF TARIFF RATE QUOTAS.— 
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended by 
striking section 359k (7 U.S.C. 1359kk) and inserting the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 359k. ADMINISTRATION OF TARIFF RATE QUOTAS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, at the beginning of the quota year, the 
Secretary shall establish the tariff-rate quotas for raw 
cane sugar and refined sugars at the minimum necessary 
to comply with obligations under international trade 
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agreements that have been approved by the Congress. This 
subsection shall not apply to specialty sugar. 
‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) BEFORE APRIL 1.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL
ADJUSTMENT
REQUIRED.— 
Before April 1 of a fiscal year, in the event that 
there is an emergency shortage of sugar in the 
United States market that is caused by war, 
floods, hurricanes, or other natural disaster, or 
other similar event, the Secretary shall take ac-
tion to increase supply as provided under sec-
tions 359c(b)(2) and 359e(b), including an in-
crease in the tariff-rate quota for raw cane 
sugar to accommodate the reassignment to im-
ports. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT.—If, after 
adjustment under subparagraph (A), there is 
still a shortage of sugar in the United States 
market, and marketings of domestic sugar have 
been maximized, the Secretary may increase the 
tariff-rate quota for refined sugars sufficient to 
accommodate the supply increase, if such fur-
ther increase will not threaten to result in the 
forfeiture of sugar pledged as collateral for a 
loan under section 156 of the Federal Agri-
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culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
(7 U.S.C. 7272). 
‘‘(2) ON OR AFTER APRIL 1.— 
‘‘(A) 
INITIAL
ADJUSTMENT
AUTHOR-
IZED.—On or after April 1 of a fiscal year, the 
Secretary may take action to increase supply as 
provided 
under 
sections 
359c(b)(2) 
and 
359e(b), including an increase in the tariff-rate 
quota for raw cane sugar to accommodate the 
reassignment to imports. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT.—If, after 
adjustment under subparagraph (A), there is 
still a shortage of sugar in the United States 
market, and marketings of domestic sugar have 
been maximized, the Secretary may increase the 
tariff-rate quota for raw cane sugar if such fur-
ther increase will not threaten to result in the 
forfeiture of sugar pledged as collateral for a 
loan under section 156 of the Federal Agri-
culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
(7 U.S.C. 7272). 
‘‘(c) ORDERLY SHIPPING PATTERNS
FOR MAJOR 
SUPPLIERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall establish orderly shipping patterns for 
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major suppliers of sugar to the United States under 
the tariff rate quotas in accordance with this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) VERY
LARGE
MAJOR
SUPPLIERS.—If a 
country holds quota allocations of at least 100,000 
metric tons of sugar, the Secretary shall allow the 
country to export up to 25 percent of the country’s 
quota allocation to the United States in each cal-
endar quarter. Sugar permitted to enter into the 
United States in a calendar quarter, but not actually 
entered in that quarter, may be entered into the 
United States at any time during the remainder of 
the fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) LARGE MAJOR SUPPLIERS.—For countries 
holding quota allocations of more than 45,000 met-
ric tons of sugar, but less than 100,000 metric tons 
of sugar, the Secretary shall require that the coun-
try may ship not more than 50 percent of the coun-
try’s quota sugar to the United States in the first 
six months of the year.’’. 
(j) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938 is amended by inserting after section 359k 
(7 U.S.C. 1359kk) the following new section: 
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