Equitable Benefits Amendments to the Sugar Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Equitable Benefits Amendments to the Sugar Act of 1948 - Requires the minimum wage of sugarworkers to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture after an investigation and apportunity for public hearings. Specifies that a tripartite panel composed of equal representation from: (1) producers of sugar beets and sugar cane; (2) persons employed on the farm as sugarworkers; and (3) the general public shall conduct such hearings and make specified findings required to be used by the Secretary, along with a required annual audit of each producing area, in his determination of a minimum fair and reasonable annual wage. Requires the minimum wage to be above both the poverty level and a cost of living productivity factor to be calculated by specified procedures. Requires that hourly wage and price rate increases be comparable to the annual wage increase. Provides for triple pay of accrued wages that would have been payable by a producer to a sugarworker except for a violation of this Act. Requires producers to comply with Federal regulations pertaining to adequate housing facilities and adequate water and sanitary facilities in the fields which he provides or causes to be provided. Requi…