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GA SR1115
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/27/2018
Primary Sponsor
John Wilkinson
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AI Summary
- Urges the U.S. Congress and the Georgia Congressional delegation to enact bicameral, bipartisan reforms to the federal sugar support program
- Cites that U.S. manufacturers and consumers pay an average of 55% higher sugar prices than the rest of the world, costing American consumers and businesses up to $3 billion per year to subsidize domestic sugar producers
- Notes that approximately 600,000 jobs exist in sugar-using food industry segments, while more than 120,000 American jobs have been lost in sugar-using industries over the past 18 years largely due to the sugar program
- Identifies sugar as the most tightly controlled agricultural commodity in the U.S. and the only commodity not reformed in the 2014 Farm Bill
- Calls for the elimination of all direct and indirect subsidies benefiting the production or export of sugar by any government and directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute the resolution to the President, congressional leaders, and Georgia's Congressional delegation
Legislative Description
US Congress; Georgia Congressional Delegation; support commonsense reform of the federal sugar support program; urge
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
3/27/2018
Full Bill Text
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