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A bill to amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to extend and modernize the sugar program, to extend and subsequently repeal the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers, to extend and subsequently replace flexible marketing allotments for sugar, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2086| Senate 
| Updated: 11/7/2017
Jeanne Shaheen

Jeanne Shaheen

Democratic Senator

New Hampshire

Cosponsors (20)
Dean Heller (Republican)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Jeff Flake (Republican)Ron Johnson (Republican)Lamar Alexander (Republican)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)John McCain (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Bob Corker (Republican)Claire McCaskill (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)Rob Portman (Republican)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Nov 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Nov 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • November 7, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 7, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • HR 115-4265: To modernize the sugar program under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, to provide for the repeal of the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and marketing allotments for sugar under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and for other purposes.
Agricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural tradeAlternative and renewable resourcesFood industry and servicesMotor fuelsTariffs

A bill to amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to extend and modernize the sugar program, to extend and subsequently repeal the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers, to extend and subsequently replace flexible marketing allotments for sugar, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2086| Senate 
| Updated: 11/7/2017
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.
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Timeline
Nov 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Nov 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • November 7, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 7, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jeanne Shaheen

Jeanne Shaheen

Democratic Senator

New Hampshire

Cosponsors (20)
Dean Heller (Republican)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Jeff Flake (Republican)Ron Johnson (Republican)Lamar Alexander (Republican)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)John McCain (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Bob Corker (Republican)Claire McCaskill (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)Rob Portman (Republican)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • HR 115-4265: To modernize the sugar program under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, to provide for the repeal of the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and marketing allotments for sugar under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural tradeAlternative and renewable resourcesFood industry and servicesMotor fuelsTariffs