Highway Trust Fund Certainty Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 8, 2015)
Highway Trust Fund Certainty Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the current excise tax rates on gasoline and diesel fuel or kerosene and special fuels and to repeal the reversion of increased fuel tax rates to 4.3 cents per gallon after September 30, 2016, (2) make permanent the excise tax on certain alcohol fuels and fuels used in certain buses, (3) allow U.S. citizens a new tax credit after 2015 for the lesser of 3.1% of earned income or $133, and (4) allow additional appropriations to the Highway and Mass Transit Accounts of the Highway Trust Fund and provide for repayments from such Fund to the general fund of the Treasury for amounts advanced to such Fund.
What just happenedJul 8, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 8, 2015
- Jul 8, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 8, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 8, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House