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HR 4278 111th Congress House Taxation Food industry and services Sales and excise taxes Small business

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small producers.

Introduced: December 10, 2009 Introduced by: Neal, Richard E. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Dec 10, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 10, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2963)
Dec 10, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on beer produced within or imported into the United States for brewers who produce not more than 6 million barrels of beer a year.

What's happening now December 10, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 26
All 26 Democratic 19 Republican 6
McCarthy, Kevin
· Dec 15, 2010
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Dec 8, 2010
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Dec 1, 2010
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Nov 15, 2010
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 13, 2010
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jun 29, 2010
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jun 22, 2010
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 22, 2010
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 16, 2010
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jun 15, 2010
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Jun 9, 2010
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Jun 8, 2010
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 27, 2010
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 20, 2010
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 12, 2010
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · May 11, 2010
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 26, 2010
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Apr 26, 2010
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Apr 20, 2010
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Apr 13, 2010
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 23, 2010
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 17, 2010
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Feb 23, 2010
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 2, 2010
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Dec 10, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4278: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small producers.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4278/
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"H.R. 4278: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small producers.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4278/.
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H.R. 4278, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4278/.
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