HR 1675 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2011

Introduced May 2, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Tom Latham R-IA

Latest action · May 2, 2011 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.

IntroducedMay 2, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from $18 to $9 ( the pre-1991 level) the per-barrel tax on beer; and (2) allow a further reduction in such tax for brewers who produce not more than 2 million barrels annually.

Cosponsors 123

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 2, 2011 to Nov 15, 2012; 46 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	May 2, 2011
R-MO	Billy Long	Original	May 2, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	May 2, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Original	May 2, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Original	May 2, 2011
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	May 2, 2011
R-CO	Cory Gardner	Original	May 2, 2011
R-NV	Dean Heller	Original	May 2, 2011
R-MT	Denny Rehberg	Original	May 2, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes	Original	May 2, 2011
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	May 2, 2011
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	May 2, 2011
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	May 2, 2011
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	May 2, 2011
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	May 2, 2011
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Original	May 2, 2011
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	May 2, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	May 2, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	May 2, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter	Original	May 2, 2011
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	May 2, 2011
R-TX	Kenny Marchant	Original	May 2, 2011
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	May 2, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	May 2, 2011
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	May 2, 2011
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez	Original	May 2, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	May 2, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman	Original	May 2, 2011
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	May 2, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson	Original	May 2, 2011
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews	Original	May 2, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	May 2, 2011
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	May 2, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	May 2, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan	Original	May 2, 2011
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	May 2, 2011
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	May 2, 2011
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	May 2, 2011
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	May 2, 2011
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	May 2, 2011
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	May 2, 2011
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Original	May 2, 2011
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	May 2, 2011
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	May 2, 2011
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	May 2, 2011
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	May 2, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		May 3, 2011
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jun 2, 2011
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Jun 14, 2011
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jun 14, 2011
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jun 21, 2011
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jun 23, 2011
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Oct 4, 2011
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Oct 6, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Oct 6, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Feb 7, 2012
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Feb 7, 2012
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Mar 20, 2012
D-GA	David Scott		Mar 20, 2012
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Mar 20, 2012
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 20, 2012
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 20, 2012
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Mar 22, 2012
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Mar 27, 2012
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 27, 2012
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Mar 27, 2012
R-IN	Dan Burton		Mar 27, 2012
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Mar 27, 2012
R-IL	John Shimkus		Mar 27, 2012
R-AK	Don Young		Mar 29, 2012
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Mar 29, 2012
R-MN	John Kline		Apr 25, 2012
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Apr 25, 2012
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Apr 27, 2012
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Apr 27, 2012
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		May 16, 2012
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		May 16, 2012
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		May 16, 2012
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		May 16, 2012
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		May 16, 2012
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		May 16, 2012
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		May 16, 2012
R-OH	Bill Johnson		May 18, 2012
R-TX	Pete Sessions		May 18, 2012
D-NJ	Albio Sires		May 31, 2012
D-OK	Dan Boren		May 31, 2012
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		May 31, 2012
D-CO	Jared Polis		May 31, 2012
R-AL	Jo Bonner		May 31, 2012
R-SC	Joe Wilson		May 31, 2012
R-IN	Mike Pence		May 31, 2012
R-IA	Steve King		May 31, 2012
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 5, 2012
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jun 7, 2012
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jun 7, 2012
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jun 7, 2012
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Jun 28, 2012
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jun 28, 2012
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Jun 28, 2012
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Jun 28, 2012
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jun 28, 2012
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jul 12, 2012
R-NY	Nan A. S. Hayworth		Jul 12, 2012
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jul 19, 2012
D-IA	David Loebsack		Jul 19, 2012
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jul 19, 2012
D-TX	Gene Green		Jul 19, 2012
D-CA	Jim Costa		Jul 19, 2012
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jul 19, 2012
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jul 19, 2012
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Jul 19, 2012
D-CA	Joe Baca		Jul 25, 2012
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Aug 2, 2012
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Aug 2, 2012
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Aug 2, 2012
D-VT	Peter Welch		Aug 2, 2012
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Aug 2, 2012
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Sep 21, 2012
R-PA	Tom Marino		Sep 21, 2012
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Oct 2, 2012
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Oct 19, 2012
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 19, 2012
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Nov 15, 2012

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 May 2, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 2, 2011Introduced in House
May 2, 2011Referred 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 1 of the United States Constitution ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises''.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2934.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1111	BEER Act	Related bill	May 26, 2011

Titles 2

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 tax on beer to its pre-1991 level, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 2, 2011Introduced in House

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