Also on the subject of sugar. the Committee on Ways and Means added a new subtitle to the bill authorizing the implementation of a tariffrate quota on sugar imports. in order to comply with our international obligations under the GATT. The current system of import quotas on sugar has been found by a GATT panel to be in violation of the GATT. and the United States. therefore. has an obligation to change our restrictions on sugar imports to a GATTcompatible system. The Committee on Ways and Means amended this bill to authorize the implementation of such a GA1--compebble tariffrate quota system on October 1 of this year. The provision does not amend or affect the operation of the domestic sugar pricesupport program. In fact. it is entirely compatible with the domestic sugar program authorized elsewhere in this bill.
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