US Congress House Bill 2921 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-7)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-08-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Cider Industry Deserves Equal Regulation Act or the 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 any wine: (1) the carbonation level of which does not exceed 6.4 grams per liter; (2) which is derived primarily from apples, apple juice concentrate and water, 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 Act

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-08-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2013-08-01	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1201)

SB1531 (Related) 2013-09-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2921/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2921/BILLS-113hr2921ih.pdf