US Congress House Bill 4265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 56-28-1)
Status: Introduced on November 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-07 - Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 and other agricultural laws to modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) sugar program. The bill modifies the sugar program to: reduce the rates for price support loans to processors of domestically grown sugarcane and sugar beets; require USDA to recover the net cost of the program from domestic sugar processors; extend through 2019 and then terminate the Feedstock Flexibility Program under which USDA purchases surplus sugar from domestic processors for resale to ethanol producers; extend through 2020 and then repeal the flexible marketing allotments which limit the amount of sugar that domestic processing companies may sell for domestic human use; require USDA to administer the program to provide adequate supplies of sugar at reasonable prices; require USDA to adjust sugar tariff-rate quota imports to achieve specified ratios of sugar stocks to total sugar use; and allow the transfer of quotas between countries.

Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017

Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]
Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]
Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]
Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]	Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Sanford [R-SC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ]	Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-11-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-11-07	House	Introduced in House

SB2086 (Related) 2017-11-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4265/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4265/BILLS-115hr4265ih.pdf