[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2118 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2118

    To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on 
                     vaccines to 25 cents per dose.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 1998

 Mr. Chafee (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
Inouye, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Mack, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Bumpers, 
 Mr. Frist, and Mr. Santorum) introduced the following bill; which was 
          read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on 
                     vaccines to 25 cents per dose.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Vaccinate America's Children Now 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN TAX ON VACCINES.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 4131(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to amount of tax) is amended by striking 
``75 cents'' and inserting ``25 cents''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Limitation on Certain Credits or Refunds.--For purposes of 
applying section 4132(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with 
respect to any claim for credit or refund filed before January 1, 2000, 
the amount of tax taken into account shall not exceed the tax computed 
under the rate in effect on the day after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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