US Congress Senate Bill 1459 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act Amends the Internal Revenue to revise the definition of "hard cider," for purposes of the excise tax on distilled spirits, wines, and beer, to mean a wine: (1) containing not more than .64 gram of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine (subject to necessary tolerances); (2) which is derived primarily from apples, apple juice concentrate, pears, or pear juice concentrate, and water; (3) which contains no fruit product or fruit flavoring other than apple or pear; and (4) which contains at least one-half of 1% and less than 8.5% alcohol by volume.

Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act

Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB600 (Related) 2015-01-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
SB906 (Related) 2015-04-14 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40.
SB1562 (Related) 2015-06-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2903 (Related) 2015-07-08 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4875)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1459/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1459/BILLS-114s1459is.pdf