HR 3187
111th Congress
House
Taxation
Alternative and renewable resources
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Food assistance and relief
Free trade and trade barriers
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sales and excise taxes
Tariffs
Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act
Introduced: July 13, 2009
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Became law
Jul 13, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 13, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to phaseout the income and excise tax credits for alcohol-based fuels and eliminate such credits in 2014.
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to phaseout the tariff on ethanol and provide duty free treatment of ethanol in 2014.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the savings achieved by this Act should be used to combat hunger in the United States and to develop domestic supplies of cellulosic and advanced biofuels.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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