HR 2950 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on distilled spirits to its pre-1985 level.

Introduced Jul 25, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Ron Lewis R-KY

Latest action · Jul 25, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJul 25, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the tax rate on distilled spirits.

Cosponsors 81

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2003 to Oct 7, 2004; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-CA	Christopher Cox	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-LA	Christopher John	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-MI	Dave Camp	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-MT	Denny Rehberg	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-KY	Ernie Fletcher	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-NC	Howard Coble	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-WA	Jennifer Dunn	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-LA	Jim McCrery	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-KY	Ken Lucas	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-TN	Lincoln Davis	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-IL	Philip M. Crane	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-TN	William L. Jenkins	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-LA	David Vitter		Sep 5, 2003
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Sep 5, 2003
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Sep 5, 2003
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		Oct 8, 2003
R-NE	Lee Terry		Feb 4, 2004
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Feb 10, 2004
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Mar 9, 2004
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Apr 20, 2004
R-OH	John A. Boehner		May 12, 2004
R-CA	Mary Bono		May 12, 2004
R-TX	Pete Sessions		May 12, 2004
D-TX	Chris Bell		May 17, 2004
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		May 17, 2004
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		May 17, 2004
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		May 20, 2004
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		May 20, 2004
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jun 2, 2004
R-IN	Dan Burton		Jun 2, 2004
R-CA	George Radanovich		Jun 2, 2004
R-NY	Jack Quinn		Jun 2, 2004
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jun 2, 2004
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Jun 2, 2004
D-TX	Jim Turner		Jun 2, 2004
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jun 2, 2004
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Jun 2, 2004
R-AK	Don Young		Jun 4, 2004
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock		Jun 4, 2004
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jun 4, 2004
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Jun 4, 2004
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 15, 2004
D-TX	Max Sandlin		Jun 15, 2004
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Jun 15, 2004
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		Jun 16, 2004
D-TX	Gene Green		Jun 16, 2004
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Jun 16, 2004
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jun 22, 2004
D-AL	Artur Davis		Jul 15, 2004
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Jul 15, 2004
R-NY	Vito Fossella		Jul 15, 2004
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jul 20, 2004
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.		Jul 22, 2004
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Jul 22, 2004
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Jul 22, 2004
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Sep 23, 2004
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy		Sep 23, 2004
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Sep 30, 2004
R-IL	John Shimkus		Oct 7, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jul 25, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 25, 2003Introduced in House
Jul 25, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 3

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 200596 pages	Appropriations Committee	Dec 31, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-779	DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005589 pages	Appropriations Committee	Mar 9, 2004–Apr 22, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-374	UNDERAGE DRINKING: RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS176 pages	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Sep 30, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1457	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on distilled spirits on its pre-1985 level.	Related bill	Jul 25, 2003

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on distilled spirits to its pre-1985 level.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 25, 2003Introduced in House

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