S 2762
108th Congress
Senate
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Alcohol as fuel
Caribbean area
Energy
Latin America
Tariff preferences
A bill to encourage the use of indigenous feedstock from the Caribbean Basin region with respect to ethyl alcohol for fuel use.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 23, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9591)
Jul 22, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8751-8752)
Jul 22, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8751)
Jul 22, 2004
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 with respect to duty-free treatment for ethyl alcohol and mixtures of it for fuel use if they are indigenous products of a U.S. insular possession or Caribbean Basin Initiative beneficiary country. Revises the formula for the local feedstock requirement and the definition of base quantity.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9591)
Committees of jurisdiction
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