To require the Secretary of Transportation, in computing the estimated tax payments attributed to highway users for purposes of title 23, United States Code, to take into account the replacement of the reduced rates of tax on gasohol with an excise tax credit.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 4, 2005

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to determine apportionments to States of Federal-aid highway funds for FY 2006 or any subsequent fiscal year in a particular manner if FY 2005 or any preceding fiscal year is taken into account in the computation. Directs the Secretary, in such an instance, to use the amount of estimated tax receipts that would have resulted if certain alcohol fuel mixture and biodiesel mixture excise tax credits under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 had taken effect at the beginning of the fiscal year taken into account.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6] · R–MN

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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

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Jan 5, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
Jan 4, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 4, 2005
Introduced in House
Jan 4, 2005
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.113, 109th Congress: To require the Secretary of Transportation, in computing the estimated tax payments attributed to highway users for purposes of title 23, United States Code, to take into account the replacement of the reduced rates of tax on gasohol with an excise tax credit.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/113

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2005-01-04.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/hr113/BILLS-109hr113ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.113, 109th Congress: To require the Secretary of Transportation, in computing the estimated tax payments attributed to highway users for purposes of title 23, United States Code, to take into account the replacement of the reduced rates of tax on gasohol with an excise tax credit.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/113

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2005-01-04.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/hr113/BILLS-109hr113ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.113, 109th Congress: To require the Secretary of Transportation, in computing the estimated tax payments attributed to highway users for purposes of title 23, United States Code, to take into account the replacement of the reduced rates of tax on gasohol with an excise tax credit.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/113

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2005-01-04.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/hr113/BILLS-109hr113ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2024-02-07T16:03:06Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.113, 109th Congress: To require the Secretary of Transportation, in computing the estimated tax payments attributed to highway users for purposes of title 23, United States Code, to take into account the replacement of the reduced rates of tax on gasohol with an excise tax credit.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/113

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2005-01-04.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/hr113/BILLS-109hr113ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2024-02-07T16:03:06Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine H.R.113 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.