A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax on smokeless tobacco, and for other purposes.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 13, 1988)
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on smokeless tobacco from: (1) 24 cents to $1.20 per pound for snuff; and (2) eight cents to 40 cents per pound for chewing tobacco.
Establishes in the Treasury the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Trust Fund, to be available to finance research by the National Cancer Institute on cancer and other lung diseases related to tobacco products. Appropriates to the Trust Fund amounts equal to the revenue raised by the excise tax imposed on smokeless tobacco.
What just happenedMay 3, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- May 3, 1988CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Apr 13, 1988IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Apr 13, 1988IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Apr 13, 1988IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 13, 1988IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House