H.R. 2124 (98th): A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the highway use tax on heavy trucks and to increase the tax on diesel fuel used in heavy trucks.

Introduced:
Mar 16, 1983 (98th Congress, 1983–1984)
Sponsor:
Rep. William Frenzel [R-MN3]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:

H.R. 2337 (same title)
Referred to Committee — Mar 24, 1983

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Status

This bill was introduced on March 16, 1983, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Mar 16, 1983
Cosponsors
246 cosponsors (124R, 122D) (show)
Committees

House Ways and Means

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3/16/1983--Introduced.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the highway use tax on heavy trucks. Increases the excise tax on diesel fuel from nine cents per gallon to 12 cents per gallon in 1983 and from 12 cents per gallon to 14 cents per gallon in 1984. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting from such increases diesel fuel used in automobiles and light trucks.

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