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S 1475 98th Congress Senate Taxation Excise tax Fuel Highway finance Highway use tax Motor Vehicles and Driving Roads and highways Trucks

Highway Use Tax Equalization Act of 1983

Introduced: June 15, 1983 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 20, 1983
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.
Jun 15, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 15, 1983
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Highway Use Tax Equalization Act of 1983 - 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 June 20, 1983

Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.

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