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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 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 July 13, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 13, 2009
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Thompson, Mike
California · Jul 13, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3187: Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3187/
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"H.R. 3187: Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3187/.
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