SWEET Act

Summary

Saving Workers by Eliminating Economic Tampering Act or the SWEET Act This bill eliminates certain Department of Agriculture (USDA) sugar subsidy programs. Specifically, the bill eliminates (1) the price support loan program available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane and sugar beets, (2) the sugar marketing allotments and tariff-rate quotas that limit the quantities of domestically produced sugar that processors may sell and the sugar that may be imported under lower tariff rates, and (3) the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers which operates to avoid loan forfeitures to the USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation by requiring USDA to purchase surplus sugar from domestic processors for resale to bioenergy producers.

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Timeline

1. 11 July 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 11 July 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 11 July 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 9 August 2019

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 11 July 2019 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 11 July 2019

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 11 July 2019

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 11 July 2019

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Sponsors

• Scott Perry · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] · R · Sponsor
• John Joyce · R · Sponsor
• Lloyd Smucker · R · Sponsor
• Thomas Massie · R · Cosponsor
• Justin Amash · I · Cosponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing

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