3.0.0 389 2023-01-11T13:34:47Z 2023-01-11T13:34:47Z Senate S 2017-02-15 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-15T17:51:27Z Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 1. 115 97 HCONRES 2017-12-18 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly taxed while Championing Health Act 115 1089 HR 2017-02-15 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2017-02-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2017-02-15 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-03-01 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2017-03-23 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2018-05-07 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2018-07-09 False Taxation Alcoholic beverages Food industry and services Sales and excise taxes Taxation 00 2017-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-10T18:00:16Z Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly taxed while Championing Health Act or KOMBUCHA

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the production of kombucha for consumption or sale from excise taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages. Kombucha is a beverage that: (1) is fermented solely by a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast; (2) contains not more than 1.25% of alcohol by volume; (3) is sold or offered for sale as kombucha; and (4) is derived from sugar, malt or malt substitute, tea, or coffee, and not more than 20% other wholesome ingredients.

]]> KOMBUCHA Display Title KOMBUCHA Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that kombucha is exempt from any excise taxes and regulations imposed on alcoholic beverages. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced KOMBUCHA Short Titles as Introduced Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly taxed while Championing Health Act Introduced in Senate 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s389is/xml/BILLS-115s389is.xml 2017-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.