7 USC 7272 - Sugar program

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 7272.

Sugar program

(a)

Sugarcane

The Secretary shall make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane at a rate equal to—

(1)

18.00 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for the 2008 crop year;

(2)

18.25 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for the 2009 crop year;

(3)

18.50 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for the 2010 crop year;

(4)

18.75 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for each of the 2011 through 2018 crop years; and

(5)

19.75 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for each of the 2019 through 2023 crop years.

(b)

Sugar beets

The Secretary shall make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugar beets at a rate equal to—

(1)

22.9 cents per pound for refined beet sugar for the 2008 crop year; and

(2)

a rate that is equal to 128.5 percent of the loan rate per pound of raw cane sugar for the applicable crop year under subsection (a) for each of the 2009 through 2023 crop years.

(c)

Term of loans

(1)

In general

A loan under this section during any fiscal year shall be made available not earlier than the beginning of the fiscal year and shall mature at the earlier of—

(A)

the end of the 9-month period beginning on the first day of the first month after the month in which the loan is made; or

(B)

the end of the fiscal year in which the loan is made.

(2)

Supplemental loans

In the case of a loan made under this section in the last 3 months of a fiscal year, the processor may repledge the sugar as collateral for a second loan in the subsequent fiscal year, except that the second loan shall—

(A)

be made at the loan rate in effect at the time the first loan was made; and

(B)

mature in 9 months less the quantity of time that the first loan was in effect.

(d)

Loan type; processor assurances

(1)

Nonrecourse loans

(2)

Processor assurances

(A)

In general

(B)

Minimum payments

(i)

In general

(ii)

Limitation

(3)

Administration

(e)

Loans for in-process sugar

(1)

Definition of in-process sugars and syrups

(2)

Availability

(3)

Loan rate

(4)

Further processing on forfeiture

(A)

In general

(B)

Transfer to corporation

(C)

Payment to processor

On transfer of the sugar, the Secretary shall make a payment to the processor in an amount equal to the amount obtained by multiplying—

(i)

the difference between—

(I)

the loan rate for raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar, as appropriate; and

(II)

the loan rate the processor received under paragraph (3); by

(ii)

the quantity of sugar transferred to the Secretary.

(5)

Loan conversion

(6)

Term of loan

(f)

Avoiding forfeitures; Corporation inventory disposition

(1)

In general

(2)

Inventory disposition

(A)

In general

(B)

Bioenergy feedstock

(C)

Additional authority

(g)

Information reporting

(1)

Duty of processors and refiners to report

(2)

Duty of producers to report

(A)

Proportionate share States

(B)

Other States

(3)

Duty of importers to report

(A)

In general

(B)

Tariff-rate quotas

(4)

Collection of information on Mexico

(A)

Collection

The Secretary shall collect—

(i)

information on the production, consumption, stocks, and trade of sugar in Mexico, including United States exports of sugar to Mexico; and

(ii)

publicly available information on Mexican production, consumption, and trade of high fructose corn syrups.

(B)

Publication

(5)

Penalty

(6)

Monthly reports

(h)

Substitution of refined sugar

(i)

Effective period

(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 156, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 931; Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title VIII, § 836], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–62; Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1401(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 183; Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1401(a), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 977; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1401(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1705; Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1301(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 687; Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1301(a), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4511.)

cite as: 7 USC 7272