Bill99th CongressFiled Mar 7, 1985Taxation
H.R. 1508
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase to 32 cents per pack the Federal excise tax on cigarettes and to provide that the revenues from such tax shall be divided among the general fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under the Social Security Act, and research on tobacco-related diseases.
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What it does
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What just happenedMar 19, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8](D-MN)Sponsor
8 cosponsors