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HR 1436 98th Congress House Taxation Department of the Treasury Excise tax Fuel Government trust funds Highway finance Highway use tax Motor Vehicles and Driving Petroleum and petroleum products Roads and highways Trucks

A bill to amend the Highway Revenue Act of 1982 to repeal the increase in the heavy truck use tax and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the tax on diesel fuel.

Introduced: February 15, 1983 See on congress.gov
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Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 15, 1983
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Highway Revenue Act of 1982 to repeal the increase in the highway use tax.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on diesel fuel and special motor fuels from nine cents to 13 cents in increments through 1985. Earmarks one cent of such tax for the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund.

What's happening now February 15, 1983

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 7, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1436: A bill to amend the Highway Revenue Act of 1982 to repeal the increase in the heavy truck use tax and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the tax on diesel fuel.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1436/
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"H.R. 1436: A bill to amend the Highway Revenue Act of 1982 to repeal the increase in the heavy truck use tax and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the tax on diesel fuel.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1436/.
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H.R. 1436, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1436/.
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[H.R. 1436: A bill to amend the Highway Revenue Act of 1982 to repeal the increase in the heavy truck use tax and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the tax on diesel fuel.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1436/)
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