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On the recordApril 22, 2021
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1314 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2021''. SEC. 2. INCREASING EXCISE TAXES ON CIGARETTES AND ESTABLISHING EXCISE TAX EQUITY AMONG ALL TOBACCO PRODUCT TAX RATES. (a) Tax Parity for Roll-Your-Own Tobacco.--Section 5701(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``$24.78'' and inserting ``$49.56''. (b) Tax Parity for Pipe Tobacco.--Section 5701(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``$2.8311 cents'' and inserting ``$49.56''. (c) Tax Parity for Smokeless Tobacco.-- (1) Section 5701(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$1.51'' and inserting ``$26.84''; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``50.33 cents'' and inserting ``$10.74''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(3) Smokeless tobacco sold in discrete single-use units.--On discrete single-use units, $100.66 per thousand.''.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Apr 22, 2021

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