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HCONRES 52 113th Congress House Taxation Motor carriers Motor vehicles Retail and wholesale trades Sales and excise taxes

Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks should not be increased.

Introduced: November 20, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Sep 12, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 12, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the federal excise tax on new tractor trailer trucks, heavy duty trucks, and certain truck trailers should not be increased and that Congress should review the detrimental impacts of such tax in considering future transportation policy.

What's happening now September 12, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 1 Republican 2
Farenthold, Blake
· Nov 12, 2014
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Nov 12, 2014
MATHESON, JIM
· Nov 12, 2014
Denham, Jeff
· Sep 8, 2014
Meadows, Mark
· Jul 8, 2014
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · May 20, 2014
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Mar 11, 2014
Esty, Elizabeth
· Feb 10, 2014
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 11, 2013
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Dec 4, 2013
Schrader, Kurt
· Nov 20, 2013
Lipinski, Daniel
· Oct 7, 2013
Bishop, Rob
· Sep 25, 2013
Walz, Timothy
· Sep 12, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 52: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks should not be increased.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HCONRES-52/
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"H. Con. Res. 52: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks should not be increased.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HCONRES-52/.
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H. Con. Res. 52, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HCONRES-52/.
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