US Congress House Bill 1687 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SWEET Act Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Act of 2015 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.

SWEET Act Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Act of 2015

Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-26	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-03-26	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-03-26	House	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.
2015-03-26	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1687/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1687/BILLS-114hr1687ih.pdf