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S 722 109th Congress Senate Taxation Agriculture and Food Alcohol tax Beer Tax rates

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.

Introduced: April 6, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Apr 6, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 6, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3289-3290)
Apr 6, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 April 6, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1306 Identical bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.
 Bill text 1 version

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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Feb 10, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 722: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-722/
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"S. 722: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-722/.
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S. 722, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-722/.
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