HR 1918 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2013

Introduced May 9, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Tom Latham R-IA

Latest action · May 9, 2013 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 9, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from $18 to $9 (the pre-1991 level) the per-barrel tax on beer; and (2) further reduce the rate of such tax on brewers who produce not more than 2 million barrels of beer during the calendar year.

Cosponsors 113

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2013 to Jul 28, 2014; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	May 9, 2013
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	May 9, 2013
R-MO	Billy Long	Original	May 9, 2013
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	May 9, 2013
R-CO	Cory Gardner	Original	May 9, 2013
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	May 9, 2013
D-GA	David Scott	Original	May 9, 2013
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	May 9, 2013
R-AK	Don Young	Original	May 9, 2013
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	May 9, 2013
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	May 9, 2013
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	May 9, 2013
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	May 9, 2013
D-CO	Jared Polis	Original	May 9, 2013
R-AL	Jo Bonner	Original	May 9, 2013
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	May 9, 2013
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	May 9, 2013
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	May 9, 2013
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	May 9, 2013
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam	Original	May 9, 2013
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	May 9, 2013
R-LA	Rodney Alexander	Original	May 9, 2013
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	May 9, 2013
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa	Original	May 9, 2013
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	May 9, 2013
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	May 9, 2013
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	May 9, 2013
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	May 9, 2013
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	May 9, 2013
R-AR	Tim Griffin	Original	May 9, 2013
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop	Original	May 9, 2013
R-PA	Tom Marino	Original	May 9, 2013
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	May 9, 2013
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		May 14, 2013
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		May 14, 2013
R-MN	John Kline		May 15, 2013
R-CO	Mike Coffman		May 15, 2013
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		May 16, 2013
D-CT	John B. Larson		May 16, 2013
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		May 17, 2013
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		May 17, 2013
R-MO	Ann Wagner		May 21, 2013
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		May 21, 2013
R-IA	Steve King		May 21, 2013
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		May 23, 2013
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Jun 4, 2013
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jun 11, 2013
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jun 11, 2013
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Jun 14, 2013
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jun 14, 2013
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		Jun 17, 2013
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Jun 25, 2013
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jun 26, 2013
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jun 26, 2013
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jul 8, 2013
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 8, 2013
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jul 8, 2013
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Jul 8, 2013
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Jul 8, 2013
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Jul 16, 2013
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Jul 19, 2013
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jul 23, 2013
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 25, 2013
R-MO	Jason Smith		Oct 11, 2013
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Oct 23, 2013
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Oct 30, 2013
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Nov 20, 2013
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Nov 22, 2013
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Dec 5, 2013
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Dec 9, 2013
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Dec 9, 2013
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Dec 11, 2013
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jan 10, 2014
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jan 10, 2014
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Jan 16, 2014
D-IL	William L. Enyart		Jan 16, 2014
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jan 28, 2014
D-FL	Patrick Murphy		Jan 28, 2014
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Jan 28, 2014
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jan 28, 2014
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Jan 28, 2014
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jan 28, 2014
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Feb 5, 2014
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Feb 5, 2014
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Feb 5, 2014
D-CA	John Garamendi		Feb 5, 2014
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Feb 5, 2014
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Feb 26, 2014
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Feb 26, 2014
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Feb 26, 2014
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Feb 26, 2014
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Mar 12, 2014
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 12, 2014
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Apr 2, 2014
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Apr 2, 2014
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Apr 29, 2014
D-CA	Jim Costa		Apr 29, 2014
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Apr 29, 2014
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Apr 29, 2014
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Apr 29, 2014
D-AZ	Ron Barber		Apr 29, 2014
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Apr 29, 2014
D-MN	Betty McCollum		May 1, 2014
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 1, 2014
D-FL	Joe Garcia		May 1, 2014
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		May 28, 2014
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Jun 12, 2014
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Jun 19, 2014
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jun 19, 2014
R-MT	Steve Daines		Jul 8, 2014
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Jul 28, 2014
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Jul 28, 2014
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jul 28, 2014

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 9, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 9, 2013Introduced in House
May 9, 2013Referred 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 H2569.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 958	BEER Act	Related bill	May 15, 2013

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 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 9, 2013Introduced in House

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