[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2408 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2408

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the increases in 
 the wine tax enacted as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
                                of 1990.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 1993

  Mr. Pombo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the increases in 
 the wine tax enacted as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
                                of 1990.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF 1990 TAX INCREASES ON WINE.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Wines containing not more than 14 percent alcohol.--
        Paragraph (1) of section 5041(b) of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986 (relating to rates of tax on wines) is amended by 
        striking ``$1.07'' and inserting ``17 cents''.
            (2) Wines containing more than 14 (but not more than 21) 
        percent alcohol.--Paragraph (2) of section 5041(b) of such Code 
        is amended by striking ``$1.57'' and inserting ``67 cents''.
            (3) Wines containing more than 21 (but not more than 24) 
        percent alcohol.--Paragraph (3) of section 5041(b) of such Code 
        is amended by striking ``$3.15'' and inserting ``$2.25''.
            (4) Artificially carbonated wines.--Paragraph (5) of 
        section 5041(b) of such Code is amended by striking ``$3.30'' 
        and inserting ``$2.40''.
    (b) Repeal of Credit for Small Domestic Producers.--Section 5041 of 
such Code is amended by striking subsection (c) and by redesignating 
subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), 
respectively.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to wine produced or imported after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

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