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S 3618 116th Congress Senate Taxation Alcoholic beverages Cardiovascular and respiratory health Cosmetics and personal care Emergency medical services and trauma care Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Sales and excise taxes

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt distilled spirits plants from denaturing requirements with respect to hand sanitizer produced to help combat COVID-19.

Introduced: May 6, 2020 Introduced by: Paul, Rand Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 6, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill modifies the excise tax on distilled spirits to exempt distilled spirits plants from requirements relating to the denaturing of such spirits with respect to hand sanitizers used to eliminate the corornavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). Denaturing is the process of making distilled spirits unfit for consumption.

What's happening now May 6, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3618: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt distilled spirits plants from denaturing requirements with respect to hand sanitizer produced to help combat COVID-19.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3618/
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"S. 3618: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt distilled spirits plants from denaturing requirements with respect to hand sanitizer produced to help combat COVID-19.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3618/.
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S. 3618, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3618/.
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