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PUBLIC LAW 548-MAY 29, 1956

plus two thousand short tons, raw vahie; fourth, by assigning to each foreign country whose average entries within the quotas during 1953 and 1954 were not less than three thousand nor more than ten thousand short tons, raw value, a proration equal to the average entries from each such country within the quotas during 1953 and 1954; and, fifth, by prorating the balance of such proration to such foreign countries whose average entries within the quotas during 1953 and 1954 exceeded ten thousand short tons, raw value, on the basis of the average entries within the quotas from each such country for the years 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954. SEC. 8. Section 202 of such Act is amended by adding the following new subsection: "(e) Whenever in any year any foreign country with a quota or proration thereof of more than ten thousand short tons fails to fill such quota or proration by more than 10 per centum and at any time during such year the world price of sugar exceeds the domestic price, the quota or proration thereof for such country for subsequent years shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount by which such country failed to fill its quota or proration thereof, unless the Secretary finds that such failure was due to crop disaster or force majeure or finds that such reduction would be contrary to the objectives of this Act. Any reduction hereunder shall be prorated in the same manner as deficits are prorated under section 204." SEC. 9. (a) The second sentence of section 204(a) of such Act is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following: Provided, That any deficit in any domestic sugarproducing area occurring by reason of inability to market that part of the quota for such area allotted under the provisions of section 202 (a)(2) shall first be prorated to other domestic areas on the basis of the quotas then in effect". (b) The last paragraph of section 204(a) of such Act is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a semicolon and the following: "except that in the case of proration of any such deficit in any domestic sugar-producing area occurring by reason of inability to market that part of the quota for such area allotted under and by reason of section 202(a)(2), the Secretary shall apportion the unfilled amount on such basis and to such other domestic areas as he determines is required to fill such deficit, and if he finds that no domestic area will be able to supply such unfilled amount, he shall add it to the quota for Cuba". SEC. 10. Section 205(a) of such Act is amended by inserting immediately before the final sentence thereof the following: "In making such allotments, the Secretary may also take into consideration and make due allowance for the adverse effect of drought, storm, flood, freeze, disease, insects, or other similar abnormal and uncontrollable conditions seriously and broadly affecting any general area served by the factory or factories of such person.". SEC. 11. (a) Section 207(a) of such Act is amended by adding after the word "year" the following: ", plus an amount equal to the same percentage of twenty-nine thousand six hundred and sixteen short tons, raw value, that the increase in the quota for Hawaii under section 202 is of one million fifty-two thousand short tons, raw value,". (b) Section 207(b) of such Act is amended by striking the period at the end thereof and by adding the following: "which shall be principally of crystalline structure, plus an amount equal to the same percentage of one hundred twenty-six thousand and thirty-three?hort tons, raw value, that the increase in the quota for Puerto Kico under section 202 is of one million eighty thousand short tons, raw value,

65 Stau 318. 7 USC 1112.

Pr o r a t i o n o f deficits. 65 Stat. 319. 7 USC 1114.

Allotments. 61 Stat. 926. 7 USC 1115.

Direct - consumption sugar. Hawaii. 7 USC 1117.

Puerto R i c o.

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