Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 1385 (112th)

Free Market Sugar Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

6 April 2011

Last action

11 May 2011 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Sponsors

Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6], Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3], Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8], Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16], Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6], Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7], Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10], Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9], Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11], Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3], Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5], Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], James Renacci, Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15], Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6], Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4], Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3], Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5], Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13], Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6], Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

14 August 2025

Agriculture

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

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.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 6 April 2011

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 6 April 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 6 April 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 11 May 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 6 April 2011

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 6 April 2011

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 6 April 2011

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.