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H.R.4206 / 104th Congress

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the amount of the aviation excise taxes for any fiscal year shall equal the expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for the prior fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1740-1741)

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 26, 1996

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide that the amount of fiscal year aviation excise taxes shall match Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures; (2) require annual aviation tax rate determinations by a specified date; and (3) establish in such Fund an Annual Reserve Account.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-3] · R–IA

Committees

  • Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  • Oversight and Government Reform Committee
  • Budget Committee
  • Ways and Means Committee
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    1. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1740-1741)

    2. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Government Reform and Oversight, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    3. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Government Reform and Oversight, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    4. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Government Reform and Oversight, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    5. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Government Reform and Oversight, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    6. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Government Reform and Oversight, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    7. Introduced in House

    8. Introduced in House

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