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HR 1508 99th Congress Taxation

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase to 32 cents per pack the Federal excise tax on cigarettes and to provide that the revenues from such tax shall be divided among the…

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase to 32 cents per pack the Federal excise tax on cigarettes and to provide that the revenues from such tax shall be divided among the general fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under the Social Security Act, and research on tobacco-related diseases.

Introduced: March 7, 1985 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1508: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase to 32 cents per pack the Federal excise tax on cigarettes and to provide that the revenues from such tax shall be divided among the general fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under the Social Security Act, and research on tobacco-related diseases.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1508/
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"H.R. 1508: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase to 32 cents per pack the Federal excise tax on cigarettes and to provide that the revenues from such tax shall be divided among the general fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under the Social Security Act, and research on tobacco-related diseases.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1508/.
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H.R. 1508, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1508/.
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[H.R. 1508: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase to 32 cents per pack the Federal excise tax on cigarettes and to provide that the revenues from such tax shall be divided among the general fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under the Social Security Act, and research on tobacco-related diseases.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1508/)
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