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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. 

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 

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— 


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(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; 


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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 

1 Resolved, That the Senate recognizes— 

2 (1) the American Peanut Shellers Association 

3 for a century of effective leadership in the peanut in4 dustry; and 

5 (2) the beneficial work of the peanut industry 

6 in— 

7 (A) the United States; and 

8 (B) the State of Georgia. 

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