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	<form>

		<distribution-code>II</distribution-code>

		<congress>109th CONGRESS</congress>

		<session>1st Session</session>

		<legis-num>S. 722</legis-num>

		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>

		<action>

			<action-date date="20050406">April 6, 2005</action-date>

			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S244">Mr. Santorum</sponsor> introduced

			 the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

			 <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on

			 Finance</committee-name></action-desc>

		</action>

		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>

		<official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the

		  tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.</official-title>

	</form>

	<legis-body>

		<section id="ID50FA51DA220748B6B198FCD0D03C563F" section-type="section-one">

			<enum>1.</enum>

			<header>Repeal of 1990 tax increase on beer</header>

			<subsection id="ID3C0E9183F52E4CE591328159ED80C460">

				<enum>(a)</enum>

				<header>In general</header>

				<text>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

			 <quote>$18</quote> and inserting <quote>$9</quote>.</text>

			</subsection><subsection id="ID79C385A9932C4F8A82BAC92DCD108D1D">

				<enum>(b)</enum>

				<header>Effective date</header>

				<text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the

			 date of the enactment of this Act.</text>

			</subsection></section></legis-body>

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