A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 14, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 14, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3709)
Apr 14, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from $18 to $9 (its pre-1991 level) the per-barrel tax on beer.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Bill text
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- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 801: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-801/
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