US HB693 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

US Congress House Bill 693 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 58-33)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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.

Title

Sugar Reform Act of 2013

Sponsors

Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]
Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
2013-02-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.