HR 1594
99th Congress
House
Taxation
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Excise tax
Government trust funds
Medicare
Social Welfare
Tobacco
Tobacco tax
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 75 percent of the revenue from such tax shall be transferred to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.
Introduced: March 19, 1985
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 19, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 19, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on cigarettes from: (1) $8 to $16 for small cigarettes; and (2) $16.80 to $33.60 for large cigarettes. Imposes a floor stock excise tax on small and large cigarettes.
Appropriates 75 percent of the revenues raised by such tax to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (Medicare).
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1