H.R. 5680 · 117th Congress · House

SWEETER Act

Active· Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Introduced
Oct 22, 21
Passed House
Pending
Passed Senate
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Saving Workers by Eliminating Economic Tampering and Ensuring Reliability Act or the SWEETER 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.

Action Timeline

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  1. NOV 03, 2021Committee

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

  2. OCT 22, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. OCT 22, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. OCT 22, 2021IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Committees

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General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee

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Referred: Nov 3, 2021

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Agriculture Committee

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Referred: Oct 22, 2021

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