HR 2124
98th Congress
House
Taxation
Excise tax
Federal preemption
Fuel
Highway finance
Highway use tax
Motor Vehicles and Driving
Roads and highways
Trucks
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the highway use tax on heavy trucks and to increase the tax on diesel fuel used in heavy trucks.
Introduced: March 16, 1983
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 1984
See H.R.4170.
Apr 28, 1983
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOT.
Mar 16, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 16, 1983
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the highway use tax on heavy trucks. Increases the excise tax on diesel fuel from nine cents per gallon to 12 cents per gallon in 1983 and from 12 cents per gallon to 14 cents per gallon in 1984. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting from such increases diesel fuel used in automobiles and light trucks.
What's happening now
See H.R.4170.
Committees of jurisdiction
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