3.0.0 450 2023-01-11T13:28:21Z 2023-01-11T13:28:21Z Senate S 2015-02-11 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-11T18:12:04Z Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act 114 1129 S 2015-04-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS STOP Act 114 1749 HR 2015-04-13 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2015-02-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced CR S927-928) IntroReferral 2015-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-02-11 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2015-02-11 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-02-11 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-04-29 False Taxation Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Inflation and prices Sales and excise taxes Taxation 00 2015-02-11 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-20T21:22:13Z Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2015

Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on tobacco products, to tax pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco products, and large cigars at the same level as cigarettes. Revises the definition of "tobacco products," for purposes of such tax, to include any other product determined to be a tobacco product by the Food and Drug Administration. Makes smokeless tobacco products sold in discrete single-use units subject to an excise tax of $50.33 per thousand. Provides for an inflation adjustment in calendar years beginning after 2015 to the dollar amounts of tobacco products subject to the excise tax.

]]> Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2015 Display Title Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax rate parity among all tobacco products, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s450is/xml/BILLS-114s450is.xml 2015-02-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced CR S927-928) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.