An Act to amend and extend the provisions of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended
PL 87-535 (H.R.12154), enacted 07/13/1962

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(i) Section 8557 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.G. 
282). 
(j) Section 3559 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 
284). 
(k) Section 3560 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 
285). 
(1) Section 3561 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 
286). 
(m) Act of February 20, 1895 (ch. 105, 28 Stat. 673; 31 U.S.C. 
262,283). 
Approved July 11, 1962. 
July 13, 1962 
[H. R. 12154] 
Public Law 87-535 
AN ACT 
To amend and extend the provisions of tlie Sugar Act of 1948, as amended. 
Sugar Act Amend-
ments of 1962. 
Post, p. 169. 
Annual consump-
tion estimate. 
61 Stat. 923. 
7 u s e 1111. 
"Parity index." 
7 u s e 1301. 
Quotas, estab-
lishment or re-
vision. 
65 Stat. 318. 
7 u s e 1112. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Sugar Act Amendments of 1962". 
SEC. 2. Section 201 of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, is amended 
as follows: by striking out the last sentence thereof, all of the lan-
guage following the phrase "in addition to the consumption, inven-
tory, population, and demand factors above specified and the level and 
trend of consumer purchasing power," and by adding after such phrase 
the following language: "shall take into consideration the relationship 
between the price for raw sugar that he estimates would result from 
such determination and the parity index, as compared with the rela-
tionship between the average price of raw sugar during the three-year 
period 1957, 1958, and 1959, and the average of the parity indexes 
during such three years, with the view to attaining generally stable 
domestic sugar prices that will carry out over the long term the price 
objective previously set forth in this section; and in order that the 
regulation of commerce provided by this Act shall not result in exces-
sive prices to consumers, the Secretary shall make such additional 
allowances as he deems necessary in the amount of sugar determined 
to be needed to meet requirements of consumers. The term 'parity 
index' as used herein shall mean such index as determined under 
section 301 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, 
and as published monthly by the United States Department of 
Agriculture." 
SEC. 3. Section 202 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 202. Whenever a determination is made, pursuant to section 
201, of the amount of sugar needed to meet the requirements of con-
sumers, the Secretary shall establish quotas, or revise existing quotas— 
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"(a)(1) For domestic sugar-producing areas, by apportioning 
among such areas five million eight hundred and ten thousand short 
tons, raw value, as follows: 
Short tons, 
"Area 
raw value 
Domestic beet sugar 
2,650,000 
Mainland cane sugar 
895,000 
Hawaii 
1,110, 000 
Puerto Rico 
1,140,000 
Virgin Islands 
15, 000 
Total 
• 
- 
5, 810, 000 
"(2) (A) To the above total of five million eight hundred and ten 
thousand short tons, raw value, there shall be added an amount equal 
to 65 per centum of the amount by which the Secretary's determination 
of requirements of consumers in the continental United States for the 
calendar year exceeds nine million seven hundred thousand short tons, 
raw value. 
Such additional amount shall be apportioned between the 
domestic beet sugar area and the mainland cane sugar area on the 
basis of the quotas for such areas established under paragraph (1) of 
this subsection and the amounts so apportioned shall be added to the 
quotas for such areas. 
"(B) Whenever the production of sugar in Hawaii, Puerto Kico, or 
in the Virgin Islands in any year subsequent to 1961 results in their 
being available for marketing in the continental United States in any 
year sugar in excess of the quota for such area for such year established 
under paragraph (1) of tins subsection, the quota for the immediately 
following year established for such area under paragrapli^(l) ^f this 
subsection shall be increased to the extent of sucli excess production: 
Provided^ That in no event shall the quota for Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or 
the Virgin Islands, as so increased, exceed the quota which would have 
been established for such area at the same level of consumption 
requirements under the provisions of section 202(a) of the Sugar Act 
supta. 
of 1948, as amended, in effect immediately prior to the date of 
enactment of the Sugar Act Amendments of 1962. 
"(b) For the Republic of the Philippines, in the amount of one mil-
lion and fifty thousand short tons, raw value, of sugar. 
"(c) (1) For the six-month period ending December 31, 1962, for 
foreign countries other than the Republic of the Philippines an amount 
of sugar, raw value, equal to the amount determined pursuant to sec- 
^ 
tion 201 less the sum of (i) the quotas established pursuant to sub- 
ei stat. 923; 
sections (a) and (b) of this section, (ii) the amount of nonquota '^"'^s^c J^^'i 
purchase sugar authorized for importation between January 1 and 
June 30, 1962, inclusive, pursuant to Sugar Regulation 820, and (iii) 
the quotas for foreign countries other than the Republic of the Philip-
pines established by Sugar Regulation 811 for the six-month period 
ending June 30, 1962. 
"(2) For the calendar years 1963 and 1964, for foreign countries 
other than the Republic of the Philippines, an amount of sugar, raw 
value, equal to the amount determined pursuant to section 201 less the 
sum of tlie quotas established pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of 
this section. 
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"(3) (A) The quotas for foreign countries otKer than the Republic 
of the Philippines determined under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection, less five thousand six hundred and sixty-seven short tons, 
raw value, for 1962 and less eleven thousand three hundred and thirtyr 
two short tons, raw value, for 1963 and 1964, shall be prorated among 
such countries on the following basis: 
Per 
" Country 
centum 
Cuba 
._ 57.77 
Peru 
- 
6, 71 
Dominican Republic 
6. 71 
Mexico 
6. 71 
Brazil 
6. 37 
British West Indies 
3. 19 
Australia 
1. 41 
Republic of China 
._, 
1. 24 
French West Indies 
, 
1. 06 
Colombia 
1.06 
Nicaragua 
^ 
0. 88 
Costa Rica 
0. 88 
Ecuador 
. 
0. 88 
India 
0. 71 
Haiti 
0.71 
Guatemala 
0. 71 
South Africa 
1 
0. 71 
Panama 
, 
0. 53 
El Salvador 
„ 
0.36 
Paraguay 
^^^, 
0. 35 
British Honduras 
,.-^^_, 
0. 35 
Fiji Islands 
0, 35 
Netherlands 
0. 35 
"(B) For the six-month period ending December 31,1962, Canada, 
TTnited Kingdom, Belgium, and Hong Kong shall be permitted to 
import into the continental United States the amount of sugar allo-
cated to each in Sugar Regulation 811, issued December 11, 1961 (26 
F.R. 11963). For the calendar years 1963 and 1964, Canada, United 
Kingdom, Belgium, and Hong Kong shall be permitted to import into 
the continental United States a total of thirteen hundred and thirty-
two short tons of sugar, raw value, which amount shall be allocated 
to such countries in amounts as specified in Sugar Regulation 811, as 
amended, issued March 31, 1961 (26 F.R. 2774); 
"(C) For the six-month period ending December 1962, the Sec-
retary is authorized to allocate to foreign countries not enumerated in 
subparagraph (A) or (B) an amount of sugar, raw value, not exceed-
ing in the aggregate five thousand short tons. For the calendar years 
1963 and 1964, the Secretary is authorized to allocate to foreign coun-
tries not enumerated in subparagraph (A) or (B) an amount of sugar, 
raw value, not exceeding m the aggregate ten thousand short tons. 
Each foreign country to which an allocation is made under the pro-
visions of this subparagraph for any period or year shall be permitted 
to import into the continental United States the amount of sugar allo-
cated to it by the Secretary. 
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"(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) of this 
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subsection, whenever the United States is not in diplomatic relations 
with any country named in paragraph (3) of this subsection and 
during such period after resumption of diplomatic relations with such 
country as the Secretary determines is required to permit an orderly 
adjustment in the channels of commerce for sugar, the proration or 
allocation provided for in paragraph (3) of this subsection shall not 
be made to such country, and a quantity of sugar not to exceed an 
amount equal to the proration or allocation which would have been 
made but for the provisions of this paragraph, may be authorized for 
purchase and importation from foreign countries, except that all or 
any part of such quantity need not be purchased from any country 
with which the United States is not in diplomatic relations, or from 
any country designated by the President whenever he finds and pro-
claims that such action is required in the national interest. In author-
izing the purchase and importation of sugar from foreign countries 
under this paragraph, special consideration shall be given to countries 
of the Western Hemisphere and to those countries purchasing United 
States agricultural commodities. 
"(5) Sugar authorized for purchase pursuant to paragraph (4) of 
this subsection shall be raw sugar, except that if the Secretary deter-
mines that the total quantity is not reasonably available as raw sugar 
from the countries either named or determined by the Secretary under 
paragraph (4) of this subsection, he may authorize for purchase for 
direct consumption from such countries such part of such quantity of 
sugar as he determines may be required to meet the requirements of 
consumers in the United States. 
"(6) Sugar shall not be authorized for purchase pursuant to para-
graph (4) of this subsection from any foreign country which imports 
sugar unless, in the preceding and current calendar year, its aggregate 
exports of sugar to countries other than the United States equal or 
exceed its aggregate imports of sugar. 
"(d) Whenever in any year any foreign country with a quota or 
proration thereof of more than ten thousand short tons, raw value, fails 
to fill such quota or proration bv more than ten per centum and at anj 
time during such year the world price of sugar exceeds the domestic 
price, the quota or proration thereof for such country for subsequent 
years shall oe reduced by an amount equal to the amount by which such 
country failed to fill its quota or proration thereof, unless the Secre-
tary finds that such failure was due to crop disaster or force majeure 
or finds that such reduction would be contrary to the objectives of this 
Act. Any reduction hereunder shall be prorated in the same manner 
as deficits are prorated under section 204. 
poat. p. leo. 
"(e) If a foreign country imports sugar, it may not export sugar 
Post, p. i69. 
to the United States to fill its quota or proration thereof for any year 
unless, in both the preceding and current calendar years, its aggregate 
exports of sugar to countries other than the United States equal or 
exceed its aggregate imports of sugar. 
If sugar is exported to the 
United States from any foreign country in any year in violation of this 
subsection (e), the quota or proration thereof for such foreign country 
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Quota deficits, 
proration. 
65 Stat. 319; 
Post, p. 169. 
7 u s e 1114. 
Ante, p. 158. 
Ante, p. 159. 
Ante, pp. 
158. 
157, 
Quota allot-
tnent s. 
61 Stat. 926. 
7 u s e 1115. 
for subsequent years shall be reduced by an amount equal to three 
times the lesser of (i) the amount of such country's excess of imports 
of sugar over its exports of sugar to countries other than the United 
States during the preceding or current calendar year, in whichever 
year an excess or the larger excess occurs, or (ii) the amount of sugar 
exported to the United States by such country to fill its quota or 
proration thereof during the calendar year in which the violation of 
this subsection (e) occurred. 
"(f) The quota or proration thereof or purchase authorization 
established for any foreign country may be filled only with sugar 
produced from sugarbeets or sugarcane grown in such country." 
SEC. 4. Section 204 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 204. (a) The Secretary shall from time to time determine 
whether, in view of the current inventories of sugar, the estimated pro-
duction from the acreage of sugarcane or sugarbeets planted, the nor-
mal marketings within a calendar year of new-crop sugar, and other 
pertinent factors, any area or country will be unable to market the 
quota or proration for such area or country. If the Secretary deter-
mines that any domestic area or foreign country will be unable to 
market the quota or proration for such area or country, he shall revise 
the quota for the Republic of the Philippines and the prorations for 
foreign countries named in section 202(c) (3) (A) by prorating an 
amount of sugar equal to the deficit so determined to such countries 
without a deficit on the basis of the quota for the Republic of the 
Philippines and the prorations for such countries then in effect: 
Provided, That no part of any such deficit shall be prorated to any 
country not in diplomatic relations with the United States. If the 
Secretary determines that any foreign country will be unable to fill 
its share of any deficit determined under this section, he shall appor-
tion such unfilled amount on such basis and to the Republic of the 
Philippines and such other foreign countries named in section 
202(cj(3)(A) as he determines is required to fill any such deficit: 
Provided, That no such apportionment shall be made to any foreign 
country not in diplomatic relations with the United States. If the 
Secretary determines that neither the Republic of the Philippines nor 
the countries named in section 202(c) (3) (A) can fill all of any such 
deficit whenever the provisions of section 202(c) (4) apply, he shall 
add such unfilled amount to the quantity of sugar which may be pur-
chased pursuant to section 202(c) (4), and whenever section 202(c) (4) 
does not apply he shall apportion such unfilled amount on such basis 
and to such foreign countries in diplomatic relations with the United 
States as he determines is required to fill such deficit. 
"(b) The quota established for any domestic area or the Republic 
of the Philippines under section 202 shall not be reduced by reason of 
any determination of a deficit existing in any calendar year under 
subsection (a) of this section." 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 205(a) of such Act is amended by inserting in 
the second sentence thereof immediately after "sugarbeets or sugar-
cane" the following: ", limited in any year when proportionate shares 
were in effect to processings". 
(b) Section 205(a) of such Act is further amended by inserting 
after the second sentence thereof the following new sentence: "The 
Secretary is also authorized in making such allotments, whenever 
there is involved any allotment that pertains to a new sugarbeet 
processing plant or factory serving a locality having a substantial 
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sugarbeet acreage for the first time or that pertains to an existing 
sugarbeet processing plant or factory with substantially expanded 
facilities added to serve farms having a substantial sugarbeet acreage 
for the first time, to take into consideration in lieu of or in addition 
to the foregoing factors of processing, past marketings, and ability 
to market, the need of establishing an allotment which will permit such 
marketing of sugar as is necessary for reasonably efficient operation 
of any such new processing plant or factory or expanded facilities 
during each of the first two years of its operation." 
SEC. 6. Section 206 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
sugar-contain-
"SEC. 206. The sugar or liquid sugar in any product or mixture, *"g P«"0'^"<=*S. 
which the Secretary determines is the same or essentially the same in 
composition and use as a sugar-containing product or mixture which 
was imported into the United States during any three or more of the 
five years prior to 1960 without being subject to a quota under this 
Act, shall not be subject to the quota and other provisions of this Act, 
unless the Secretary determines that the actual or prospective importa-
tion or bringing into the United States or Puerto Rico of such sugar-
containing product or mixture will substantially interfere with the 
attainment of the objectives of this Act: Provided., That the sugar 
and liquid sugar in any other product or mixture imported or brought 
into the United States or Puerto Rico shall be subject to the quota 
and other provisions of this Act unless the Secretary determines that 
the actual or prospective importation or bringing in of the sugar-
containing product or mixture will not substantially interfere with 
the attainment of the objectives of this Act. 
In determining whether 
the actual or prospective importation or bringing into the United 
States or Puerto Rico of any sugar-containing product or mixture will 
or will not substantially interfere with the attainment of the objectives 
of this Act, the Secretary shall take into consideration the total sugar 
content of the product or mixture in relation to other ingredients or 
to the sugar content of other products or mixtures for similar use, 
the costs of the mixture in relation to the costs of its ingredients for 
use in the United States or Puerto Rico, the present or prospective 
volume of importations relative to past importations, and other perti-
nent information which will assist him in making such determination. 
Determinations by the Secretary that do not subject sugar or liquid 
sugar in a product or mixture to a quota, may be made pursuant to 
this section without regard to the rulemaking requirements of section 4 
of the Administrative Procedure Act, and by addressing such deter- 
eo stat. 238. 
minations in writing to named persons and serving the same upon them 
^ "^^ ^°°^-
by mail. If the Secretary has reason to believe it likely that the sugar 
or liquid sugar in any product or mixture will be subject to a quota 
under the provisions of this section, he shall make any determination 
provided for in this section with respect to such product or mixture 
m conformity with the rulemaking requirements of section 4 of the 
Administrative Procedure Act." 
SEC. 7, Section 207 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
Direct-consump-
"SEC. 207. (a) The quota for Hawaii established under section 202 ;i^°« ^^g^^ q"°-
for any calendar year may be filled by direct-consumption sugar not to 
'use 1117. 
exceed an amount equal to 0.842 per centum of the Secretary's deter- 
"*"'*' ^' ^^'* 
mination for such year issued pursuant to section 201. 
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"(b) The quota for Puerto Rico established under section 202 for Ante, p^ lii^' 
any calendar year may be filled by direct-consumption sugar not to 
^ "^^ ^^"• 
exceed an amount equal to 1.5 per centum of the Secretary's deter-
mination for such year issued pursuant to section 201: Provided., That 
one hundred and twenty-six thousand and thirty-three short tons, 
raw value, of such direct-consumption sugar shall be principally of 
crystalline structure. 
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69 Stat. 413. 
22 u s e 1372 
note. 
Ante, p. 158. 
Ante, p. 160. 
Post, p. 170. 
and 
61 Stat. 925. 
7 u s e 1113. 
61 Stat. 933; 
Post, p. 166. 
7 u s e 1158. 
Liquid sugar 
foreign quotas. 
65 Stat. 319. 
7 u s e 1118. 
Prohibitions. 
61 Stat. 928. 
7 u s e 1119. 
Sugar expor-
tation. 
7 u s e 1121. 
"(c) None of the quota for the Virgin Islands for any calendar year 
may be filled by direct-consumption sugar. 
"(d) Not more than fifty-six thousand short tons of sugar of the 
quota for the Republic of the Philippines for any calendar year may 
be filled by direct-consumption sugar as provided under section 201 
of the Philippine Trade Agreement Revision Act of 1955. 
"(e) (1) None of the proration established for Cuba imder section 
202(c) (3) for any calendar year and none of the deficit prorations and 
apportionments for Cuba established under section 204(a) may be 
filled by direct-consumption sugar. 
" (2) The proration or allocation established for each foreign coun-
try which receives a proration or allocation of twenty thousand short 
tons, raw value, or less under section 202(c) (3), may be filled by 
direct-consumption sugar to the extent of the average amount of 
direct-consumption sugar entered by such country during the years 
1957, 1958, and 1959. None of the proration or allocation established 
for each foreign country which receives a proration or allocation of 
more than twenty thousand short tons, raw value, under section 
202(c) (3), may be filled by direct-consumption sugar. 
None of the 
deficit prorations and apportionments for foreign countries established 
under section 204(a) may be filled by direct-consumption sugar. 
"(f) This section shall not apply with respect to the quotas estab-
lished under section 203 for marketing for local consumption in 
Hawaii and Puerto Rico. 
"(g) The direct-consumption portions of the quotas established 
pursuant to this section, and the enforcement provisions of title II 
applicable thereto, shall continue in effect and shall not be subject 
to suspension pursuant to the provisions of section 408 of this Act 
unless the President acting thereunder specifically finds and proclaims 
that a national economic or other emergency exists with respect to 
sugar or liquid sugar which requires the suspension of direct-con-
sumption portions of the quotas." 
SEO. 8. Section 208 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 208. A quota for liquid sugar for foreign countries for each 
calendar year is hereby established as follows: two million gallons of 
sirup of cane juice of the type of Barbados molasses, limited to liquid 
sugar containing soluble nonsugar solids (excluding any foreign sub-
stances that may have been added or developed in the product) of more 
than 5 per centum of the total soluble solids, which is not to be used 
as a component of any direct-consumption sugar but is to be used as 
molasses without substantial modification of its characteristics after 
importation, except that the President is authorized to prohibit the 
importation of liquid sugar from any foreign country which he shall 
designate whenever he finds and proclaims that such action is required 
by the national interest." 
SEC. 9. Section 209 of such Act is amended (1) by inserting before 
the last three words of subsection (a) the words "or proration"; (2) 
by inserting after the word "proration" in subsection (d) the words 
"or allocation" and by striking the period at the end of subsection (d) 
and inserting a semicolon in lieu thereof; and (3) by adding a new 
subsection (e) to read as follows: 
"(e) From bringing or importing into the Virgin Islands for con-
sumption therein, any sugar or liquid sugar produced from sugarcane 
or sugarbeets grown in any area other than Puerto Rico, Hawaii, or the 
continental United States." 
SEC. 10. (a) Section 211(a) of such Act is amended by striking out 
the first two sentences thereof. 
(b) Section 211 (c) is amended to read as follow^s: "The quota estab-
lished for any domestic sugar-producing area may be filled only with 
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sugar or liquid sugar produced from sugarbeets or sugarcane grown in 
such area. 
SEC. 11. Section 212 of such Act is amended by inserting after 
"alcohol," in clause (4) thereof the following: "including all poly-
hydric alcohols,". 
SEC. 12. A new section 213 is added and inserted immediately after 
section 212 of such Act as follows: 
"SEC. 213. (a) An import fee established as provided in subsection 
(b) of this section shall be paid to the United States as a condition for 
iiftporting into the continental United States sugar purchased pur-
suant to parj^graph (4) of section 202(c) of this Act. Such fee shall 
be paid by the person applying to the Secretary for entry and release 
of sugar. 
Such payment shall be made in accordance with regula-
tions promulgated by the Secretary. 
"(b) Whenever the Secretary determines that the currently prevail-
ing price for raw sugar for the United States market exceeds the 
market price which he determines, from available information, pre-
vails for raw sugar of foreign countries which may be imported into 
the continental United States pursuant to paragraph (4) of section 
202 (c), he shall establish an import fee in such amount as he determines 
from time to time will approximate the amount by which a domestic 
price for raw sugar, at a level that will fulfill the domestic price objec-
tive set forth in section 201, would exceed the market price for raw 
sugar (adjusted for freight to New York, and most-favored-nation 
tariff) of foreign countries which may be imported into the continental 
United States pursuant to paragraph (4) of section 202(c). 
Such fee 
shall be imposed on ft per pound, raw value, basis, and shall be applied 
uniformly to sugar purchased pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5) 
of section 202(c). 
"(c) As a condition for importing sugar into the continental United 
States pursuant to paragraph (3) of section 202(c) and section 204(a) 
of this Act, an import fee shall be paid to the United States during the 
years 1962,1963, and 1964, which fee in each such year shall be respec-
tively 10, 20, and 30 per centum of the amount which the Secretary 
determines from time to time will approximate the amount by which 
a domestic price for raw sugar, at a level that will fulfill the domestic 
price objective set forth in section 201 would exceed either the pre-
vailing marj^et price for raw su^ar (adjusted for freight to New 
York, and most-favored-nation tariff) of foreign countries which may 
be imported into the continental United States pursuant to paragraph 
(4) of section 202(c), or whenever paragraph (4) of section 202(c) 
does not apply, the prevailing world market price for raw sugar 
(adjusted for freight to New York, and most-favored-nation tariff). 
The fee provided for in this paragraph shall be imposed on a per 
pound, raw value, basis, and shall be applied uniformly, except that 
the import fee imposed on any direct-consumption sugar during the 
years 1962, 1963, and 1964, shall be respectively 0.1, 0.2,'and 0.3 of one 
cent per pound more than the import fee imposed on raw sugar under 
this paragraph. 
"(d) The funds collected as import fees by the Secretary pursuant 
to the provisions of this section shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts." 
SEC. 13. (a) Section 301(b) of such Act is amended by striking 
out the language "in excess of the proportionate share for the farm, 
as determined by the Secretary" and inserting in lieu thereof the 
language "in excess of the proportionate share for the farm, if farm 
proportionate shares are determined by the Secretary". 
(b) Section 302(a) of such Act is amended by striking out the 
language "for the farm, as determined by the Secretary," and inserting 
61 Stat. 929. 
7 u s e 1122. 
Import fee. 
Post, p. 170. 
Ante, p. 159. 
Ante, pp. 158, 
160. 
61 Stat. 923; 
Ante, p. 156. 
7 u s e 1111. 
Proportionate 
share production. 
61 Stat. 929. 
7 u s e 1131. 
7 u s e 1132. 
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in lieu thereof the language "for the farm, if farm proportionate 
shares are determined by the Secretary,". 
61 Stat. 930. 
(c) Sectiou 302(b) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
7 use 1132. 
"(b)(1) Whenever the Secretary determines that the production 
of sugar from any crop of sugarbeets or sugarcane will be greater than 
the quantity needed to enable the area to meet the quota, and provide 
a normal carryover inventory, as estimated by the Secretary for such 
area for the calendar year during which the larger part of the sugar 
from such crop normally would be marketed, he shall establish pro-
portionate shares for farms in such area as provided in this subsection. 
In determining the proportionate shares with respect to a farm, the 
Secretary may take into consideration the past production on the farm 
of sugarbeets and sugarcane marketed (or processed) for the extrac-
tion of sugar or liquid sugar (within proportionate shares when in 
effect) and the ability to produce such sugarbeets or sugarcane. 
"(2) The Secretary may also, in lieu of or in addition to the fore-
going factors, take into consideration with respect to the domestic 
beet sugar area the sugarbeet production history of the person who 
was a farm operator in the base period, in establishing farm propor-
tionate shares in any State or substantial portion thereof in which the 
Secretary determines that sugarbeet production is organized generally 
around persons rather than units of land, other than a State or sub-
stantial portion thereof wherein personal sugarbeet production history 
of farm operators was not used generally prior to 1962 in establishing 
farm proportionate shares. 
In establishing proportionate shares for 
farms in the domestic beet sugar area, the Secretary may first allocate 
to States (except acreage reserved) the total acreage required to enable 
the area to meet its quota and provide a normal carryover inventory 
(hereinafter referred to as the 'national sugarbeet acreage require-
ment') on the basis of the acreage history of sugarbeet production 
and the ability to produce sugarbeets for extraction of sugar in each 
State. 
"(3) In order to make available acreage for growth and expansion 
of the beet sugar industry, the Secretary, in addition to protecting 
the interest of new and small producers by regulations generally 
similar to those heretofore promulgated by him pursuant to this Act, 
shall reserve each year from the national sugarbeet acreage require-
ment established by him the acreage required to yield 65,000 short tons, 
raw value, of sugar. 
The acreage so reserved shall be distributed on 
a fair and reasonable basis, when it can be utilized, to farms without 
regard to any other acreage allocations to States or areas within 
States determined by him and shall be withheld from such other allo-
cations until it can be so utilized: Provided^ however^ That beginning 
with 1966, the total acreage previously reserved and not vised, plus 
that reserved in the current year, shall not exceed the acreage required 
to produce 100,000 short tons, raw value, of sugar. 
At the time the 
Secretary distributes the sugarbeet acreage reserve for any year, which 
determination of distribution shall be made as far in advance of such 
year as practicable, such distribution shall thereby be committed to 
be in effect for the year in which production of sugarbeets is scheduled 
to commence in a locality or localities determined by the Secretary to 
receive such reserves for such year, such determination of distribution 
by the Secretary shall be final, and such commitment of the sugarbeet 
acreage resei'\'^e shall be irrevocable upon issuance of such determi-
pubiication 
nation of the Secretary "by publication in the Federal Register; 
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except that if the Secretary finds in any case_ that construction of 
sugarbeet processing facilities and the contracting for processing of 
sugarbeets has not proceeded in substantial accordance with the repre-
sentations made to him as a basis for his determination of distribution 
in F. R. 
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165 
of the sugarbeet acreage reserve, he shall revoke such determination 
in accordance with and upon publication in the Federal Eegister of 
Publication 
such findings. 
In determining distribution of the sugarbeet acreage 
reserve and whenever proposals are made to construct sugarbeet 
processing facilities in two or more localities where sugarbeet produc-
tion is scheduled to commence in the same year, the Secretary shall 
base his determination and selection upon the firmness of capital 
commitment, suitability for growing sugarbeets, the proximity of 
other mills, need for a cash crop or a replacement crop, and access-
ibility to sugar markets, and the relative qualifications of localities 
under such criteria. 
Whenever there is no interest in constructing 
a new facility to commence production in a certain year, the Secretary 
shall give consideration to proposals, if any, to substantially expand 
existing factory facilities and in such event he shall base his deter-
mination of distribution of the sugarbeet acreage reserve on the afore-
mentioned criteria and the extent of the proposed substantial 
expansion or expansions. 
If proportionate shares are in effect in 
the two years immediately following the year for which the sugar-
beet acreage reserve is committed for any locality, the acreage of 
proportionate shares established for farms in such locality in each of 
such two years shall not be less than the smaller of the acreage com-
mitted to such farms or the acreage required to yield 50,000 short tons, 
raw value, of sugar based upon the yield expectancy initially con-
sidered by the Secretary in distributing the sugarbeet acreage reserve 
to such locality. 
"(4) The allocation of the national sugarbeet acreage requirement 
to States for sugarbeet production, as well as the distribution of the 
sugarbeet acreage reserve, shall be determined by the Secretary after 
investigation and notice and opportunity for an informal public 
hearing. 
" (5) In determining farm proportionate shares, the Secretary shall, 
insofar as practicable, protect the interests of new producers and small 
producers and the interest of producers who are cash tenants, share 
tenants, adherent planters, or sharecroppers and of the producers in 
any local producing area whose past production has been adversely, 
seriously, and generally affected by drought, storm, flood, freeze, 
disease, insects, or other similar abnormal and 
uncontrollable 
conditions. 
"(6) Whenever the Secretary determines it necessary for the effec-
tive administration of this subsection in an area where farm pro-
portionate shares are established in terms of sugarcane acreage, he 
may consider acreage of sugarcane harvested for seed on the farm in 
addition to past, production of sugarcane for the extraction of sugar 
in determining proportionate shares as heretofore provided in this 
subsection; and whenever acreage of sugarcane harvested for seed is 
considered in determining farm proportionate shares, acreage of 
sugarcane harvested for seed shall be included in determining com-
pliance with the provisions of section 301(b) of this Act, notwith-
standing any other provisions of section 301(b). 
"(7) For the purposes of establishing proportionate shares here-
under and in order to encourage wise use of land resources, foster 
greater diversification of agricultural production, and promote the 
conservation of soil and water resources m Puerto Rico, the Secretary, 
on application of any owner of a farm in Puerto Rico, is hereby 
authorized, whenever he determines it to be in the public interest and 
to facilitate the sale or rental of land for other productive purposes, 
to transfer the sugarcane production record for any parcel or parcels 
of land in Puerto Rico owned by the applicant to any other parcel or 
parcels of land owned by such applicant in Puerto Kico." 
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[76 STAT. 
Collection of 
fees. 
7 u s e 1154. 
Presidential 
authority. 
7 u s e 1158. 
Ante, pp. 159, 
160. 
Extension of 
program. 
7 u s e 1101 note. 
Repeal. 
7 u s e 1101 note. 
75 Stat. 40. 
26 u s e 4501. 
26 u s e 6412. 
SEC. 14. Section 404 of such Act is amended by inserting ", fees" 
after the word "penalties" in the second sentence thereof. 
SEC. 15. Section 408 of such Act is amended by striking out all of 
subsection (b) thereof and inserting the following new subsections (b) 
and (c): 
"(b) In the event the President, in his discretion, determines that 
any foreign country having a quota or receiving any authorization 
under this Act to import sugar into the United States, has been or is 
allocating the distribution of such quota or authorization within that 
country so as to discriminate against citizens of the United States, he 
shall suspend the quota or other authorization of that country until 
such time as he has received assurances, satisfactory to him, that the 
discrimination will not be continued. Any quantity so suspended shall 
be authorized for purchase in accordance with the provisions of section 
202(c) (4), or apportioned in accordance with section 204(a), which-
ever procedure is applicable. 
"(c) In any case in which the President determines that a nation or 
a political subdivision thereof has hereafter (1) nationalized, expro-
priated, or otherwise seized the ownership or control of the property 
of United States citizens or (2) imposed upon or enforced against 
such property or the owners thereof discriminatory taxes or other 
exactions, or restrictive maintenance or operational conditions not 
imposed or enforced with respect to property of a like nature owned 
or operated by its own nationals or the nationals of any government 
other than the Government of the United States, and has failed within 
six months following the taking of action in either of such categories 
to take steps determined by the President to be appropriate and ade-
quate to remedy such situation and to discharge its obligations under 
international law toward such citizens, including the prompt payment 
to the owner or owners of such property so nationalized, expropriated, 
or otherwise seized, or to arrange, with the agreement of the parties 
concerned, for submitting the question in dispute to arbitration or 
conciliation in accordance with procedures under which a final and 
binding decision or settlement will be reached and full payment or 
arrangements with the owners for such payment made within twelve 
months following such submission, the President shall suspend any 
quota, proration of quota, or authorization to purchase and import 
sugar under this Act of such nation until he is satisfied that appropriate 
steps are being taken. 
Any quantity so suspended shall be authorized 
for purchase m accordance with the provisions of section 202(c) (4), 
or apportioned in accordance with section 204(a) whichever procedure 
is applicable," 
SEC. 16. Section 412 of such Act (relating to termination of the 
powers of the Secretary under the Act) is amended by striking out 
"June 30" and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31" and by striking 
out "1962" in each place it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof 
"1966". 
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SEC. 17. Section 413 of such Act (relating to the effective date of the 
Sugar Act of 1948 and the termination of the powers of the Secretary 
under the Sugar Act of 1937) is repealed. 
SEC. 18. (a) Section 4501(c) (relating to teimination of taxes on 
sugar) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by striking 
out "December 31,1962" in each place it appears therein and inserting 
in lieu thereof "June 30, 1967". 
(b) Section 6412(d) (relating to refund of taxes on sugar) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by striking out "December 
31, 1962" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30,1967" and by striking 
out "March 31, 1963" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 
1967". 
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SEC. 19. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by 
Effective dates, 
this Act shall become effective January 1, 1962. 
(b) The amendments made by section 6 and section 12 of this Act 
shall each become effective on the date stated in regulations imple-
menting each of such sections and published in the Federal Register, 
Publication in 
or sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is "
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earlier. 
Approved July 13, 1962. 
Public Law 87-536 
AN ACT 
July 18, ,1962 
To amend section 6(d) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (50 
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App. U.S.C 456(d)) to authorize certain persons who complete a Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps program to be appointed as commissioned officers in 
the Coas,t and Geodetic Survey. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 6(d) 
coast and Geo-
of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. '^^Ror^^rad-
456(d)) is amended— 
uates. 
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(1) by amending the fourth sentence of paragraph (1) by 
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striking out the word "Upon" and inserting the words "Except 
^'" as provided in paragraph (5), upon" in place thereof; and 
(2) by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof: 
"(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), upon the successful com-
pletion by any person of the required course of instruction under 
any Reserve Officers' Training Corps program listed in clause 
(A) of the first sentence of paragraph (1) and subject to the 
approval of the Secretary of the military department having 
jurisdiction over him, such person may, without being relieved or 
his obligation under that sentence, be tendered, and accept, a 
commission in the Coast and Geodetic Survey instead of a com-
mission in the appropriate reserve component of the Armed 
Forces. If he does not serve on active duty as a commissioned 
officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for at least six years, he 
shall, upon discharge therefrom, be tendered a commission in the 
appropriate reserve component of the Armed Forces, if he is 
otherwise qualified for such appointment, and, in fulfillment of 
his obligation under the first sentence of paragraph (1), remain 
a member of a reserve component until the sixth anniversary of 
the receipt of his commission in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. 
While a member of a reserve component he may, in addition to as 
otherwise provided by law, be ordered to active duty for such 
period that, when added to the period he served on active duty as 
a commissioned officer of the Cfoast and Geodetic Survey, equals 
two years." 
Approved July 18, 1962.