ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Addresses

Henry Clay and the Bourbon Barrel of Compromise: Senator McConnell, S763 [4FE]

Amendments

Commission on Native Children: establish (S. 246), S3381 [1JN]

Mental health: reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders (S. 1893), S8906, S8908, S8910 [18DE]

Bills and resolutions

Alcohol Responsibility Month: designate (see H. Res. 241), H2770 [30AP]

——— support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 162), S2568 [30AP]

American Craft Beer Week: support goals (see S. Res. 188), S3341 [31MY]

ATF: abolish and transfer functions relating to firearms, explosives, arson, violent crime, and terrorism to the FBI and transfer functions relating to alcohol and tobacco smuggling to the DEA (see H.R. 1329), H1613 [4MR]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 246), S420 [22JA] (see H.R. 2751), H4343 [12JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and families (see H.R. 1293), H1611 [4MR]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 1717), H2110 [26MR]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking and ban production, sale, or possession of powdered alcohol (see S. 728), S1494 [12MR]

——— reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 2060), S6809 [17SE]

Dept. of Justice: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (see H.R. 613), H662 [28JA]

——— provide grants to establish and maintain Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts to adjudicate alcohol or drug cases through extensive supervision and treatment programs (see S. 2205), S7470 [22OC]

Dept. of Transportation: withhold highway funds from States that do not have in effect laws requiring the use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (see H.R. 3501), H5974 [11SE] (see H.R. 3759), H6980 [16OC]

Drunken driving: designate a national day of remembrance for victims of drunken and drugged driving and for victims of consequences of underage drinking (see S. Res. 328), S8379 [3DE]

Law enforcement: strengthen mental health system, improve public safety, and reauthorize and improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see S. 2002), S6381 [5AU] (see H.R. 3722), H6935 [8OC]

Mental health: reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders (see S. 1893), S6136 [29JY]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: carry out a collaborative research effort to prevent drunken driving injuries and fatalities (see S. 1703), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 3044), H5117 [13JY]

Postal Service: conduct a pilot program to conduct nonpostal services at certain post offices, allow shipping of alcoholic beverages, and upgrade the postal vehicle fleet (see S. 1854), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 3319), H5764 [29JY]

——— provide authority to mail alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 3412), H5768 [29JY]

Taxation: exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see S. 1179), S2599 [4MY] (see H.R. 867), H980 [11FE]

——— modify taxation of hard cider (see H.R. 600), H661 [28JA]

——— modify the types of wines taxed as hard cider (see S. 906), S2172 [14AP] (see S. 1459), S3309 [22MY]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see S. 375), S772 [4FE] (see H.R. 232), H155 [8JA]

——— reduce rate on distilled spirits produced by small producers (see H.R. 1172), H1499 [27FE]

——— reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (see S. 1444), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 2520), H3559 [21MY]

——— reform (see S. 1562), S4103 [11JN] (see H.R. 2903), H4769 [25JN]

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see S. 807), S1660 [19MR] (see H.R. 767), H853 [5FE]

——— remove bond requirements and extend filing periods for certain taxpayers subject to Federal excise taxes on distilled spirits, wine, and beer (see S. 904), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 2238), H2798 [5MY]

——— repeal limitation on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2117), H2653 [29AP]

Unemployment: require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2148), H2767 [30AP]

Remarks in House

Barbour, Jim: Napa County, CA, Farm Bureau Agriculturalist of the Year Award recipient, E1127 [27JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and families (H.R. 1293), E307 [4MR]

Dept. of Justice: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (H.R. 613), H760 [4FE]

——— mental health courts and veterans treatment courts funding, H3680 [2JN]

——— veterans’ treatment courts funding, H3695, H3709, H3710 [2JN]

——— veterans’ treatment courts funding through reductions in ATF funding, H3705, H3706 [2JN]

Diageo, PLC: tribute for making information on nutritional and alcohol-content of alcoholic beverages more accessible to consumers, E1511 [22OC]

Engelheim Vineyards (company): San Francisco (CA) Chronicle Wine Competition medal winner, H1041 [13FE]

Grgich Hills Estate Winery (business): anniversary of Great Chicago Chardonnay Showdown, E711 [14MY]

John R. Elliot HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers (organization): anniversary, E965 [24JN]

Maui Family Support Services, Inc.: tribute, H9214 [10DE]

Miller Brewing Co.: anniversary, E1356 [24SE]

Morgan Hill, CA: anniversary of Guglielmo Winery, E1254 [10SE]

Nashville, IN: anniversary of Bear Wallow Distillery (business), E1063 [14JY]

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: observance, E1393 [30SE]

Postal Service: conduct a pilot program to conduct nonpostal services at certain post offices, allow shipping of alcoholic beverages, and upgrade the postal vehicle fleet (H.R. 3319), E1165 [29JY]

Rowan County, NC: tribute to Rowan-Kannapolis Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and Rowan-Salisbury Schools efforts to educate students on dangers of underage drinking, E527 [17AP]

Sonoma, CA: tribute to Buena Vista Winery Wine Tool Museum, E781 [21MY]

Stone Hill Winery (business): anniversary of ownership by Jim and Betty Held, E998 [7JY]

Taxation: modify taxation of hard cider (H.R. 600), E131 [28JA]

——— reform (H.R. 2903), H4875 [8JY]

Wolf, Mike: Napa Valley Grower of the Year award recipient, E704 [14MY]

Yakima, WA: tribute to Yakima Union Gospel Mission, H6257 [25SE]

Remarks in Senate

Alcohol Responsibility Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 162), S2589 [30AP]

American Craft Beer Week: support goals (S. Res. 188), S3371 [31MY]

Commission on Native Children: establish (S. 246), S422 [22JA], S3381–S3385 [1JN]

Dept. of Education: require State plans to include support for the education of children facing substance abuse in the home, S5143, S5145 [16JY]

——— substance abuse recovery support services for students funding, S4909, S4915 [9JY]

Drunken driving: designate a national day of remembrance for victims of drunken and drugged driving and for victims of consequences of underage drinking (S. Res. 328), S8382 [3DE]

John R. Elliot Hero Campaign for Designated Drivers (organization): anniversary, S6460 [8SE]

Law enforcement: strengthen mental health system, improve public safety, and reauthorize and improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (S. 2002), S7235–S7237 [8OC]

Mental health: reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders, S8330, S8345 [3DE]

——— reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders (S. 1893), S8908, S8910 [18DE]

Miller Brewing Co.: anniversary, S6973 [28SE]

Montana: tribute to award-winning small breweries, S7217 [7OC]

Taxation: exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (S. 1179), S2600 [4MY]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (S. 375), S775 [4FE], S826–S828 [5FE]

West Monroe, LA: tribute to Landry Vineyards and Winery, S981 [12FE]

Reports filed

Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 906) (S. Rept. 114–17), S2171 [14AP]

Commission on Native Children Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 246) (S. Rept. 114–39), S2759 [11MY]

Craft Beverage Bond Simplification Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 904) (S. Rept. 114–15), S2171 [14AP]

Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1893), S7101 [1OC]

Texts of

S. 246, Commission on Native Children Act, S3381–S3383 [1JN]

S. 375, Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce (Small BREW) Act, S776 [4FE]

S. 1179, Advancing Growth in the Economy Through Distilled (AGED) Spirits Act, S2601 [4MY]

S. 1893, Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act, S8908–S8910, S8911–S8913 [18DE]

S. 2002, Mental Health and Safe Communities Act, S6392–S6401 [5AU]

S. Res. 162, support goals and ideals of Alcohol Responsibility Month, S2581 [30AP]

S. Res. 188, support goals of American Craft Beer Week, S3341 [31MY]

S. Res. 328, designate a national day of remembrance for victims of drunken and drugged driving and for victims of consequences of underage drinking, S8381 [3DE]