7 U.S.C. § 1359ee — Reassignment of deficits

Page 668 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 1359ee and new entrants acquiring ongoing factories with pro- duction history during the period of the 1998 through 2000 crop years. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title. § 1359ee. Reassignment of deficits (a) Estimates of deficits At any time allotments are in effect under this subpart, the Secretary, from time to time, shall determine whether (in view of then-current inventories of sugar, the estimated production of sugar and expected marketings, and other pertinent factors) any processor of sugarcane will be unable to market the sugar covered by the portion of the State cane sugar allotment allocated to the processor and whether any proc- essor of sugar beets will be unable to market sugar covered by the portion of the beet sugar allotment allocated to the processor. (b) Reassignment of deficits (1) Cane sugar If the Secretary determines that any sugar- cane processor who has been allocated a share of a State cane sugar allotment will be unable to market the processor’s allocation of the State’s allotment for the crop year— (A) the Secretary first shall reassign the estimated quantity of the deficit to the allo- cations for other processors within that State, depending on the capacity of each other processor to fill the portion of the def- icit to be assigned to it and taking into ac- count the interests of producers served by the processors; (B) if after the reassignments the deficit cannot be completely eliminated, the Sec- retary shall reassign the estimated quantity of the deficit proportionately to the allot- ments for other cane sugar States, depend- ing on the capacity of each other State to fill the portion of the deficit to be assigned to it, with the reassigned quantity to each State to be allocated among processors in that State in proportion to the allocations of the processors; (C) if after the reassignments the deficit cannot be completely eliminated, the Sec- retary shall reassign the estimated quantity of the deficit to the Commodity Credit Cor- poration and shall sell such quantity of sugar from inventories of the Corporation unless the Secretary determines that such sales would have a significant effect on the price of sugar; and (D) if after the reassignments and sales, the deficit cannot be completely eliminated, the Secretary shall reassign the remainder to imports of raw cane sugar. (2) Beet sugar If the Secretary determines that a sugar beet processor who has been allocated a share of the beet sugar allotment will be unable to market that allocation— (A) the Secretary first shall reassign the estimated quantity of the deficit to the al- lotments for other sugar beet processors, de- pending on the capacity of each other proc- essor to fill the portion of the deficit to be assigned to it and taking into account the interests of producers served by the proc- essors; (B) if after the reassignments the deficit cannot be completely eliminated, the Sec- retary shall reassign the estimated quantity of the deficit to the Commodity Credit Cor- poration and shall sell such quantity of sugar from inventories of the Corporation unless the Secretary determines that such sales would have a significant effect on the price of sugar; and (C) if after the reassignments and sales, the deficit cannot be completely eliminated, the Secretary shall reassign the remainder to imports of raw cane sugar. (3) Corresponding increase The allocation of each processor receiving a reassigned quantity of an allotment under this subsection for a crop year shall be increased to reflect the reassignment. (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 359e, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1403, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 197; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1403(e), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 986; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1403(e), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1714.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 1359ee, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 359e, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title IX, § 902, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3484; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title I, § 111(g), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1833, related to reassign- ment of sugar deficits, prior to the general amendment of this subpart by Pub. L. 107–171. AMENDMENTS 2008—Subsec. (b)(1)(D), (2)(C). Pub. L. 110–246, § 1403(e), inserted ‘‘of raw cane sugar’’ after ‘‘imports’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title. § 1359ff. Provisions applicable to producers (a) Processor assurances (1) In general If allotments for a crop year are allocated to processors under section 1359dd of this title, the Secretary shall obtain from the processors such assurances as the Secretary considers adequate that the allocation will be shared among producers served by the processor in a