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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Fair Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act or the Fair BEER Act </strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the excise tax on beer brewed or produced, and removed for consumption or sale, within the United States or imported into the United States. The revised tax ranges from $0 for an amount not exceeding 7,143 barrels to $18 per barrel on an amount exceeding 2 million barrels. </p>]]></text>
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