Smoking Cost Recovery and Education Tax Act of 1989
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 31, 1989)
Smoking Cost Recovery and Education Tax Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase all existing Federal excise taxes on tobacco products.
Imposes a new tax of $1.17 per pound on cigarette tobacco manufactured in or imported into the United States.
Establishes in the Treasury the Smoking Cost Recovery and Education Trust Fund, to be available to finance educational programs (including paid advertising) concerning the hazards of cigarette smoking, with emphasis on discouraging smoking by youth. Appropriates to the Fund ten percent of the increase in tobacco tax revenue generated as a result of this Act.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct an ongoing study and to report biennially to specified congressional committees on: (1) the effects of smoking on health care costs; and (2) the incidence of cigarette smoking by youth, including the relationship between cigarette tax rates and youth smoking.
What just happenedFeb 13, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Feb 13, 1989CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jan 31, 1989IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 31, 1989IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 31, 1989IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 31, 1989IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House