S 551
111th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Canada
Great Lakes
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation costs
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax.
Introduced: March 9, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 9, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax commercial cargo (other than bulk cargo) loaded at: (1) a port in the U.S. mainland and unloaded at another such port after transport solely by coastal route or river or unloaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System; or (2) such a port in Canada and unloaded at a port in the U.S. mainland.
Defines the "Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System" as the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota, and Sept Iles, Quebec, encompassing the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint Lawrence River.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1