SWEET Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 26, 2015)
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Act of 2015 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 just happenedMar 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 26, 2015
- Mar 27, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 26, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 26, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
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.
- Mar 26, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 26, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House