HR 12709 · 95th Congress · Agriculture and Food
National Sweetener Act
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.(1978-05-12)
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National Sweetener Act - Title I: The National Sweetener Advisory Board - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the National Sweetener Advisory Board which shall, each marketing year, make non-binding recommendations to the Secretary regarding sweetener marketing quotas. Title II: Marketing Quotas - Directs the Secretary to establish an overall quota for the marketing of sweetener products within the United States, subdivided into marketing quotas for domestic-source and for foreign-source sweetener products, and subdivided further, in the domestic-source category, into three individual quotas for products made from domestically grown sugar beets, sugarcane, and corn, respectively. Specifies the consumers needs, market expansion, and price objective factors to be taken into consideration in the determination of each quota. Directs the Secretary to assign individual marketing quotas to individual processors and refiners of domestic-source sweetener crops, based on specified factors. Requires the provision of administrative and judicial review procedures for such individuals aggrieved by the assignment or non-assignment of quotas. Prescribes administrative penalties for e…
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