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S 1459 114th Congress Senate Taxation Alcoholic beverages Fruit and vegetables Sales and excise taxes

Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act

Introduced: May 22, 2015 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 22, 2015
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Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act

Amends the Internal Revenue to revise the definition of "hard cider," for purposes of the excise tax on distilled spirits, wines, and beer, to mean a wine: (1) containing not more than .64 gram of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine (subject to necessary tolerances); (2) which is derived primarily from apples, apple juice concentrate, pears, or pear juice concentrate, and water; (3) which contains no fruit product or fruit flavoring other than apple or pear; and (4) which contains at least one-half of 1% and less than 8.5% alcohol by volume.

What's happening now May 22, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • S 1562 Related bill Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015
  • HR 600 Related bill CIDER Act
  • S 906 Related bill Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act
  • HR 2903 Related bill Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 22, 2015
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · May 22, 2015
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · May 22, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1459: Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1459/
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"S. 1459: Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1459/.
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