Bill Sponsor
House Bill 3705
116th Congress(2019-2020)
SWEET Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jul 11, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jul 11, 2019
Latest Action
Aug 9, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
3705
Congress
116
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Pennsylvania
Independent
Michigan
Republican
Pennsylvania
Republican
Pennsylvania
Republican
Pennsylvania
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
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.

Text (1)
July 11, 2019
Actions (3)
08/09/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
07/11/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
07/11/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:50:40 PM