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S 1111 112th Congress Senate Taxation Food industry and services Sales and excise taxes Small business

BEER Act

Introduced: May 26, 2011 See on congress.gov
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May 26, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 26, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2011 or BEER Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from $18 to $9 ( the pre-1991 level) the per-barrel tax on beer; and (2) allow a further reduction in such tax for brewers who produce not more than 2 million barrels annually.

What's happening now May 26, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1675 Related bill Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · May 26, 2011
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · May 26, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1111: BEER Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1111/
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"S. 1111: BEER Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1111/.
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