A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit tax-free sales of diesel fuel for use on a farm or for other off-highway uses.
Latest action. Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4333.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the excise tax on diesel and aviation fuels. Prohibits imposition of the tax on the sale of these fuels to any purchaser (or purchaser for resale to a second purchaser) for use on a farm for farming purposes or for any other use not as a fuel in a diesel-powered highway vehicle or train. (Although fuel sold for these purposes is tax-exempt under current law, provisions of the Revenue Act of 1987 require purchasers to pay the tax and subsequently apply for a refund based on nontaxable uses of the fuel.)
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 27, 1988. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4333.
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The record's latest action, on November 10, 1988: Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4333.
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In the 100th Congress (1987-88), 713 of the 9,582 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 7.4 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one has no outstanding steps listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
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Who is behind it?
E. DE LA GARZA (D-TX) introduced it on January 27, 1988, and 39 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 35 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on January 27, 1988, 14154 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 13866 days ago, on November 10, 1988.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 100th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1989 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseProvisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4333.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action