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SWEET Act

USA116th CongressHR-3705| House 
| Updated: 8/9/2019
Scott Perry

Scott Perry

Republican Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (5)
Thomas Massie (Republican)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)Justin Amash (Libertarian)Mike Kelly (Republican)John Joyce (Republican)

Agriculture Committee, General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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
Jul 11, 2019
Introduced in House
Jul 11, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
  • July 11, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • July 11, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.


  • August 9, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Agriculture and Food

Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural tradeAlternative and renewable resourcesFood industry and servicesMotor fuelsTariffs

SWEET Act

USA116th CongressHR-3705| House 
| Updated: 8/9/2019
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
Jul 11, 2019
Introduced in House
Jul 11, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
  • July 11, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • July 11, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.


  • August 9, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Scott Perry

Scott Perry

Republican Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (5)
Thomas Massie (Republican)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)Justin Amash (Libertarian)Mike Kelly (Republican)John Joyce (Republican)

Agriculture Committee, General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee

Agriculture and Food

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural tradeAlternative and renewable resourcesFood industry and servicesMotor fuelsTariffs