Excise Tax Reform and Simplification Act

Matters before Congress related to alcoholic beverages, including labeling, taxation, health claims, dietary guidelines, advertising (billboards, zoning/density, sponsorship of sports events), .08 blood alcohol concentration, and sales to minors; reform proposals and appropriations for these agencies and programs: BATF, FCC, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Department of the Treasury, FTC, FDA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, NIAAA, and Departments of Labor & HHS. Specific legislative interests include: The Beer Tax Rollback Act, HR1305, HR52, S809; Stop Underage Drinking Act, HR4888, S2718; Excise Tax Reform and Simplification Act, S1962; Labor, HHS appropriations, S2810, HR5006; Consolidated appropriations, HR4818; sense of the House on alocohol advertising and college sports, HR575; Special Occupation Tax on Alcohol, HR4520; To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Reduce the Rate of Tax on Distilled Spirits to its pre-1985 Level, S1457, HR2950.