US HB3705 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on July 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-08-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-08-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
SWEET Act Saving Workers by Eliminating Economic Tampering Act
Sponsors
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA] | Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA] | Rep. John Joyce [R-PA] | Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA] |
Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY] | Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-08-09 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. |
2019-07-11 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. |
2019-07-11 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Agriculture and food
Alternative and renewable resources
Food industry and services
Motor fuels
Tariffs
Agricultural trade
Agriculture and food
Alternative and renewable resources
Food industry and services
Motor fuels
Tariffs
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3705/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3705/BILLS-116hr3705ih.pdf |