A bill to amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to convert the price support program for sugarcane and sugar beets into a system of solely recourse loans to provide for the gradual elimination of the program.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · May 25, 1999

Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act with respect to the sugar program to: (1) reduce sugarcane loan rates through crop year 2002; (2) revise the sugar beet loan rate; (3) eliminate nonrecourse loans; and (4) eliminate sugar price supports after crop year 2002. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal sugar and crystalline fructose marketing quota and allotment provisions. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985, beginning after the 1998- 1999 quota year, to direct the President to use all available authority to ensure that U.S. market raw sugar shall be available at not more than the higher of the world sugar price or the U.S. loan rate.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D–NY

Committees

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

8 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Legislative record

Actions

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May 25, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
May 25, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5959-5960)
May 25, 1999
Introduced in Senate

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Introduced in Senate · May 25, 1999 Formatted Text PDF

Related bills identified by Congress.gov

HR 1850 · Sugar Program Reform Act

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/1118

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Discuss S.1118, 106th Congress: A bill to amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to convert the price support program for sugarcane and sugar beets into a system of solely recourse loans to provide for the gradual elimination of the program.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/1118

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1999-05-25.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/106/bills/s1118/BILLS-106s1118is.htm

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Discuss S.1118, 106th Congress: A bill to amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to convert the price support program for sugarcane and sugar beets into a system of solely recourse loans to provide for the gradual elimination of the program.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/1118

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1999-05-25.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/106/bills/s1118/BILLS-106s1118is.htm

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Discuss S.1118, 106th Congress: A bill to amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to convert the price support program for sugarcane and sugar beets into a system of solely recourse loans to provide for the gradual elimination of the program.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/1118

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1999-05-25.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/106/bills/s1118/BILLS-106s1118is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine S.1118 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.