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Transportation Tax Equity and Fairness Act

Introduced: January 30, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 30, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Transportation Tax Equity and Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the special fuel excise tax on railroads and inland waterway transportation.

Subjects diesel fuel used in trains to the additional tax for the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.

What's happening now January 30, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Mar 20, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 251: Transportation Tax Equity and Fairness Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-251/
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"S. 251: Transportation Tax Equity and Fairness Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-251/.
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S. 251, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-251/.
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