[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1306 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1306

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to 
                          its pre-1991 level.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2005

 Mr. English of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Pomeroy) 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 reduce the tax on beer to 
                          its pre-1991 level.

    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 INCREASE ON BEER.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 5051(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to imposition and rate of tax on beer) 
is amended by striking ``$18'' and inserting ``$9''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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