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CED-79-24 1 (1979-03-16)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES


Questionable Payments And Loan

Defaults In Sugar Programs






The Department of Agriculture's sugar price-
support payment program on 1977 crop year
sugar has resulted in questionable payments
of millions of dollars.

Agriculture's loan program for 1977 crop year
sugar is beset with problems of storage, under-
payments to growers, and failure to verify or
enforce minimum wage requirements.


Substantial defaults on Government loans are
occurring as a result of low-cost sugar im-
ports, but no final plans have been made to
dispose of the sugar forfeited to the Govern-
ment as loan collateral.
This report recommends that the Congress
enact legislation to permit sugar agricultural
workers to benefit from payment programs
and that the Congress provide guidance on
any future program implementation. This
report also makes several recommendations to
the Department of Agriculture to solve the
problems of its two programs intended to
help sugar producers.


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MARCH 16, 1979


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