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HR 2489 105th Congress House Taxation Alcohol as fuel Alcohol tax Aviation fuels Business income tax Commerce Diesel motor Energy Energy tax credits Excise tax Gasohol Gasoline tax Income tax Methanol Tax rates Tax refunds Transportation and Public Works

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the incentives for alcohol used as a fuel shall be extended as part of any extension of fuel tax rates.

Introduced: September 17, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Sep 17, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 17, 1997
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the termination dates of the alcohol fuels credit and of provisions setting tax rates for qualified methanol and ethanol fuel, fuels containing alcohol, certain taxable fuels mixed with alcohol, mixtures of aviation fuel and alcohol, and fuels used to produce certain alcohol fuels.

What's happening now September 17, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2489: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the incentives for alcohol used as a fuel shall be extended as part of any extension of fuel tax rates.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2489/
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"H.R. 2489: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the incentives for alcohol used as a fuel shall be extended as part of any extension of fuel tax rates.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2489/.
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H.R. 2489, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2489/.
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[H.R. 2489: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the incentives for alcohol used as a fuel shall be extended as part of any extension of fuel tax rates.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2489/)
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