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S. 505 115th Congress Senate

Waterway LNG Parity Act of 2017

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel in the case of liquefied natural gas for purposes o… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel in the case of liquefied natural gas for purposes of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund financing rate.

Introduced: March 2, 2017 Introduced by: Bill Cassidy Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
Taxation Government trust fundsMarine and inland water transportationMotor fuelsOil and gasSales and excise taxes
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action March 2, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Waterway LNG Parity Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an energy equivalent for a gallon of diesel, in the case of liquefied natural gas (LNG), for the purposes of the 29 cents per gallon Inland Waterways Trust Fund financing rate. (The rate is used for the excise tax on fuel used in commercial transportation on inland waterways.) The bill specifies that the energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel is 6.06 pounds of LNG.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Jan 29, 2018
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Mar 2, 2017
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Young, Todd
Indiana · Mar 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 505: Waterway LNG Parity Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-505/
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