Bill113th Congress

S. 345

Sugar Reform Act of 2013

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Introduced
Feb 14, 2013
Origin Chamber
Senate
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Latest Action
Feb 14, 2013

Sponsor

Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

Democrat·NH
Bioguide ID: S001181
First Name: Jeanne
Last Name: Shaheen
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Committees
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Actions
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Amendments
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Related Bills
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Subjects
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Summaries
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Titles
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Bill Details

Update Date
Nov 15, 2022
Origin Chamber
Senate
Bill Type
S
Bill Number
345
Congress
113
Introduced Date
Feb 14, 2013
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Is Law
No
Feb 14, 2013IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Source: Senate

Feb 14, 2013IntroReferral10000

Introduced in Senate

Source: Library of Congress

Introduced in Senate· Feb 14, 20130

Sugar Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane (18 cents per pound) and sugar beet processors through FY2017.

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make specified sugarcane and sugar beet quantity estimates through crop year 2017.

Requires that sugar allotments be appropriate to maintain adequate supplies at reasonable prices, taking into account all domestic supply sources, including imports.

Authorizes the Secretary to suspend or modify marketing allotments, taking into account: (1) the interests of consumers, food industry workers, businesses, and agricultural producers; and (2) the competitiveness of domestically produced and imported foods containing sugar.

Revises sugar tariff-rate quota adjustment provisions to direct the Secretary to: (1) adjust tariff-rates to provide adequate domestic sugar supplies at reasonable prices, (2) establish and adjust tariff-rate quotas so that the ratio of sugar stocks to total sugar use at the end of the quota year will be approximately 15.5%, and (3) promulgate regulations that permit any country that has been allocated a quota share to temporarily transfer all or part of the share to any other country that has also been allocated a quota share.

Extends flexible marketing sugar allotment authority through crop year 2017.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Senate· Standing
Agricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural tradeAlternative and renewable resourcesMotor fuelsTariffs

Introduced in Senate

Feb 14, 2013

Sugar Reform Act of 2013 — Informed