A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the rate of tax on wine and to dedicate the resulting increased revenues to programs for the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse.
Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Treatment Trust Fund Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Treatment Trust Fund from which funds shall be made available for programs for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism and for research on the causes, consequences, prevention, and treatment of the health problems related to alcohol use, including high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, cancer (including breast cancer), and birth defects. Increases the excise taxes on wine and appropriates the increased revenue to the Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Treatment Trust Fund.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1728-1729, S1731-1733)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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