H.R. 1385: Free Market Sugar Act
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H.R. 1385: Free Market Sugar Act
112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-06 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Free Market Sugar Act
Plain summary
Free Market Sugar Act - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to repeal the sugar loan program. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal sugar marketing allotment provisions. Replaces sugar quota import shortfall provisions with a provision requiring the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugars for a quota year at the level necessary to ensure: (1) a competitive U.S. sugar processing industry, and (2) an adequate and reasonably-priced sugar supply in the United States. Exempts specialty sugar from such provision. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the sugar price support program.
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Official text
Free Market Sugar Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] · 34 cosponsors
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Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1385.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr1385 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112