Bill > HRes378

This Resolution expresses the House of Representatives' opinion that conferees, who are members appointed to resolve differences between the House and Senate on legislation, should work to remove language from a bill (H.B. 2642) that changed how tariff-rate quotas for sugar are managed. Tariff-rate quotas are a trade policy tool that allows a certain amount of a product to be imported at a lower tariff rate, with higher tariffs applied to amounts exceeding that quota. The House believes this language, added by a previous law called the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, should be repealed to give the Secretary of Agriculture, who heads the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), back the authority to control sugar supplies to ensure domestic demand is met at fair prices. This is part of ongoing discussions about the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013.