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HR 236 99th Congress House Taxation Agriculture and Rural Affairs Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Excise tax Government trust funds Inflation Medicare Social Welfare Tobacco Tobacco tax

A bill to make permanent the increase in the tax on cigarettes and to provide cost-of-living adjustments in the amount of such tax.

Introduced: January 3, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 3, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to make permanent the increase in the excise tax on cigarettes.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for cost-of-living adjustments in the rate of such tax.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to appropriate to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund the funds raised by such excise tax.

What's happening now February 7, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Health.

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  • HR 3039 Identical bill A bill to make permanent the increase in the tax on cigarettes and to provide cost-of-living adjustments in the amount …
 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 30, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 236: A bill to make permanent the increase in the tax on cigarettes and to provide cost-of-living adjustments in the amount of such tax.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-236/
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"H.R. 236: A bill to make permanent the increase in the tax on cigarettes and to provide cost-of-living adjustments in the amount of such tax.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-236/.
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H.R. 236, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-236/.
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