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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 21, 2011
IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations through FY2021 for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.
Saving Lives by Lowering Tobacco Use Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase excise taxes on cigars, cigarettes, pipe tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, snuff, and chewing tobacco.
Imposes an excise tax on smokeless tobacco sold in discrete single-use units.
Taxes other tobacco products at a level of tax equivalent to the tax rate for cigarettes on an estimated per use basis.
Provides for annual inflation adjustments to excise taxes on tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes.
People & committees
Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D–IA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4806)
Introduced in Senate
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