[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 92 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               REPEAL FEDERAL EXCISE TAX ON HEAVY TRUCKS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak on behalf of a bill I 
have introduced, H.R. 2946, which would repeal the burdensome 12 
percent Federal excise tax on heavy trucks, known as the FET.
  It was first created to help fund World War I--that is right, World 
War I, 100 years ago. The antiquated FET is the highest excise tax 
levied by the Federal Government today. The financial and regulatory 
burdens created by the FET hurts truck retailers, drivers, and 
businesses across the country. It depresses the market for newer heavy-
duty trucks, which are cleaner, more efficient, and everybody in 
government seems to be clamoring for them to be replaced for those 
reasons.
  A repeal of this outdated legislation would seek to promote the use 
of more modern trucks on our roads--again, something government seems 
to want and demand. By incorporating this repeal effort into any future 
infrastructure funding measure, Congress can rebuild our Nation's 
crumbling road system while ensuring our commercial truck fleet is both 
cleaner and safer.
  I urge my colleagues to support inclusion of this bipartisan bill and 
repeal the FET, which only hampers economic growth and discontinues 
truck replacement, which is what everybody seems to want.

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