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.
Became Public Law No: 98-369.
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOT.
See H.R.4170.
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