A bill to curtail the illegal transportation of cigarettes in interstate commerce by increasing the Federal tax on cigarettes and providing payments to States in which State and local taxes on cigarettes do not exceed a certain limit.
Cigarette Tax Equalization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional excise tax on cigarettes to be paid into a Cigarette Tax Trust Fund in the Treasury and disbursed to States not imposing local cigarette taxes above a certain amount, to the extent the taxes collected are attributable to those States.
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
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