Repeal sugar program and ARC/PLC; cut crop-insurance premium subsidies
Mandate champions legislation repealing the federal sugar program and ideally ARC/PLC, prohibiting same-year ARC/PLC plus indemnity stacking, and cutting taxpayer crop-insurance premium subsidies toward ≤50% (citing CBO 47%/40% options).
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 10 (USDA) — Reform Farm Subsidies: champion legislation to repeal federal sugar program; ideally repeal ARC and PLC; prohibit ARC/PLC payments same year as crop-insurance indemnity; reduce premium subsidy rate so taxpayers pay no more than 50% (CBO options at 47% and 40%).
Undo plan
1) Negotiate farm-bill reforms that preserve catastrophic risk tools while trimming shallow-loss subsidies.
2) Replace abrupt ARC/PLC repeal with phased means-tested disaster safety net if adopted.
3) Reform sugar program toward freer trade with transition assistance—not overnight consumer/producer shocks without plan.
4) Publish distributional analysis of premium-subsidy cuts on small vs large farms.
5) Verify: acreage, premium, and food-price monitoring post-reform.