[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 196 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 196

 Recognizing the American Peanut Shellers Association for a century of 
effective leadership in the peanut industry and the beneficial work of 
   the peanut industry in the United States and the State of Georgia.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2019

   Mr. Perdue (for himself and Mr. Isakson) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Recognizing the American Peanut Shellers Association for a century of 
effective leadership in the peanut industry and the beneficial work of 
   the peanut industry in the United States and the State of Georgia.

Whereas, in 1917 and 1918, commercial peanut shellers and crushers in Georgia, 
        Alabama, and Florida recognized the need for an organization to promote 
        the peanut industry in the southeastern United States;
Whereas, to address that need, the Southeastern Peanut Association was chartered 
        on April 5, 1919, with a mission to promote the domestic peanut 
        industry;
Whereas the Southeastern Peanut Association, now known as the American Peanut 
        Shellers Association--

    (1) is the oldest organized group in the United States dedicated to the 
promotion of the domestic peanut industry; and

    (2) has been at the forefront of leadership in the peanut industry in 
the United States for more than a century, promoting that industry in the 
United States and throughout the world;

Whereas, in furtherance of the mission to promote the domestic peanut industry, 
        the Southeastern Peanut Association began to cosponsor the USA Peanut 
        Congress, the largest meeting of all elements of the peanut industry in 
        the United States;
Whereas, in 1986, the Southeastern Peanut Association completed a new 
        headquarters office in Albany, Georgia, after outgrowing a previous 
        office;
Whereas, in 1993, the name of the Southeastern Peanut Association was changed to 
        the American Peanut Shellers Association, as the mission of the 
        association had expanded throughout the United States;
Whereas, in 1996, the American Peanut Shellers Association formed The Peanut 
        Institute to promote the nutritional benefits of peanuts;
Whereas The Peanut Institute has promoted nutritional research through outside 
        universities and other organizations, and that research has verified the 
        outstanding nutritional benefits of peanuts;
Whereas, on recognizing those nutritional benefits, the Food and Drug 
        Administration, pursuant to the leadership of The Peanut Institute, 
        granted nuts a qualified health claim;
Whereas the members, committees, and board of the American Peanut Shellers 
        Association work collectively to meet the adopted annual goals of the 
        American Peanut Shellers Association; and
Whereas, through that collective work, the American Peanut Shellers Association 
        continues to be an effective voice for the promotion of--

    (1) the peanut industry; and

    (2) the nutritional benefits of peanuts: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved, That the Senate recognizes--
            (1) the American Peanut Shellers Association for a century 
        of effective leadership in the peanut industry; and
            (2) the beneficial work of the peanut industry in--
                    (A) the United States; and
                    (B) the State of Georgia.
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