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S 1535 110th Congress Senate Taxation Agriculture and Food Alcohol tax Commerce Drug industry Finance and Financial Sector Food additives Food industry Foreign Trade and International Finance Free ports and zones Health Surety and fidelity Tax penalties

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Foreign Trade Zones Act to simplify the tax and eliminate the drawback fee on certain distilled spirits used in nonbeverage products manufactured in a United States foreign trade zone for domestic use and export.

Introduced: May 25, 2007 See on congress.gov
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May 25, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 25, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Foreign Trade Zones Act to permit the transfer of distilled spirits used in a foreign trade zone for the manufacture or production of nonbeverage products (i.e., medicines, medicinal preparations, food products, flavors, flavoring extracts, or perfume, which are unfit for beverage purposes) to an activated foreign trade zone without payment of applicable excise taxes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) require manufacturers and producers of such nonbeverage products to file an adequate bond and permit; and (2) examine records and compel testimony to enforce the provisions of this Act.

What's happening now May 25, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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