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HR 5279 113th Congress House Taxation Digestive and metabolic diseases Food industry and services Government trust funds Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Inflation and prices Nutrition and diet Research administration and funding Sales and excise taxes

SWEET Act

Introduced: July 30, 2014 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Aug 1, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 30, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 30, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Act of 2014 or the SWEET Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the sale or transfer of any specified sugar-sweetened beverage product by the manufacturer, producer, or importer thereof. Establishes the rate of such tax as 1cent per 4.2 grams of caloric sweetener contained in such product.

Transfers revenues from such tax to the Prevention and Public Health Fund for the sole purpose of funding programs and research to reduce the human and economic costs of diabetes, obesity, dental caries, and other diet-related health conditions in priority populations.

What's happening now August 1, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
Ellison, Keith
· Sep 11, 2014
MORAN, JAMES
· Jul 30, 2014
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 30, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5279: SWEET Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5279/
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