HR 844
99th Congress
House
Taxation
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Cigarettes
Economics and Public Finance
Excise tax
Government trust funds
Medicare
Social Welfare
Tobacco
Tobacco tax
A bill to continue indefinitely the taxes imposed on cigarettes at the rate established in the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and to appropriate to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equivalent to sums received from the taxes imposed on cigars, cigarettes, and cigarette papers and tubes to the extent such amounts are necessary to meet any deficit in such Trust Fund.
Introduced: January 30, 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
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 30, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 30, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to continue the excise tax on cigarettes at its present 16 cents per pack level (rather than reducing the excise tax to eight cents per pack October 1, 1985, as currently provided). Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer amounts received from this excise tax on cigarettes to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1