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HR 3457 104th Congress House Taxation Alcohol as fuel Alcohol tax Armed Forces and National Security Aviation fuels Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Defense budgets Defense procurement Diesel motor Economics and Public Finance Energy Energy policy Federal aid highway program Fuel Gasoline tax Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government spending reductions

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the 4.3-cent general revenue portion of the fuel excise taxes.

Introduced: May 15, 1996 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 1996
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
May 15, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on National Security, 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.
May 15, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce, from the date of enactment of this Act until January 1, 1997, the rates of tax on gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel, fuel used on inland waterways, special motor fuels, and certain methanol or ethanol fuels. Prohibits the imposition of tax on compressed natural gas during that period. Reduces, for taxes imposed during that period, the rates regarding: (1) certain aviation fuel; (2) gasoline used in trains and certain buses and diesel fuel used in trains; and (3) alcohol fuels in provisions defining the Highway Trust Fund financing rate. Provides for the treatment of floor stocks. Provides for the reimposition of the tax if the reduction is not passed on to the consumer.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) cancel budget authority in current defense procurement accounts as necessary to achieve a reduction of $2.9 billion in Department of Defense outlays; and (2) report to the Congress on the programs, projects, and activities from which cancellations are made.

What's happening now May 22, 1996

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3457: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the 4.3-cent general revenue portion of the fuel excise taxes.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3457/
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"H.R. 3457: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the 4.3-cent general revenue portion of the fuel excise taxes.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3457/.
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H.R. 3457, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3457/.
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[H.R. 3457: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the 4.3-cent general revenue portion of the fuel excise taxes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3457/)
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