,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #g  ,,in ,,the ,,house
 ,,of ,,representatives  ,january #bd1  
#bjai,mr4 ,yoho 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,mooney of ,west ,virginia1 ,mr4        
,hastings1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,higgins of
 ,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,graves of ,louisiana1
 and ,mr4 ,mitchell7 submitted the      
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,agriculture1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,concurrent ,,resolution  ,expressing  
the sense of ,congress that all direct  
and indirect subsidies that benefit the 
production or export of sugar by all    
major sugar-producing and -consuming    
countries should be eliminated4         
,whereas every major sugar-producing and
 sugar-consuming country in the world   
maintains some form of direct or        

indirect subsidy to support its sugar   
growers1 processors1 or consumers2      
,whereas virtually all of the more than 
#ajj countries that produce sugar       
maintain market-distorting subsidy      
programs1 including--  7#a7 the         
,government of ,brazil which provides   
direct and indirect subsidies of at     
least #b1ejj1jjj1jjj per year for       
programs to promote its sugar and       
ethanol industry and has increased      
subsidies in recent years in the form of
 preferential loans1 debt forgiveness1  
and increased ethanol usage mandates2   
7#b7 the ,government of ,india which    
provides at least #a1gjj1jjj1jjj per    
year in subsidy supports to prop up its 
inefficient sugar industry1 including   
,,wto-illegal export subsidies in #bjad1
 #bjae1 and #bjah2  7#c7 the ,government
 of ,thailand which has more than       
tripled its sugar exports since #bjjd by
 providing at least #a1cjj1jjj1jjj in   
subsidies and government programs to its
 sugar industry and by maintaining      

domestic prices well above export       
prices2  7#d7 the ,government of the    
,european ,union which is sending an    
estimated #ffe1jjj1jjj per year in      
subsidies to sugar farmers2 and  7#e7   
the ,government of ,mexico which has    
used direct and indirect subsidies to   
keep open sugar mills owned by private  
industry and the government has sent    
direct payments to sugarcane growers1   
and has been found guilty of injuring   
,united ,states sugar producers by      
dumping subsidized sugar into the       
,united ,states market2  ,whereas the   
world sugar market is the most volatile 
commodity market in the world2 ,whereas 
the foregoing clauses provide ample     
evidence there is no undistorted1 free  
market in sugar in the world today2 and 
,whereas if such a free market did      
exist1 ,united ,states sugar farmers and
 processors could compete effectively in
 that market3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that it is the sense of ,congress      
that-- 7#a7 the ,president should seek  

elimination of all direct and indirect  
subsidies benefiting the production or  
export of sugar by the government of--  
7,a7 each country that exported more    
than #bjj1jjj metric tons of sugar in   
#bjaf1 #bjag1 or #bjah2 and  7,b7 by any
 other country with which the ,united   
,states has in effect a free trade      
agreement2  7#b7 if the ,president      
determines that all such subsidies by   
all such countries have been eliminated1
 the ,president should submit a report  
to ,congress providing detailed         
information about how each of the       
countries has eliminated such subsidies2
 and  7#c7 after submitting such a      
report1 the ,president should propose to
 ,congress legislation to implement     
,united ,states sugar policy reforms4