H.R. 1687 · 114th Congress
SWEET Act
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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.
What it does: CRS summary · 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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: SWEET Act
Also known as: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Act of 2015
Latest action (Mar 27, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 26, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.