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.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 6, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 6, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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