S. 1459: Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-22 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act

Plain summary

Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act Amends the Internal Revenue to revise the definition of "hard cider," for purposes of the excise tax on distilled spirits, wines, and beer, to mean a wine: (1) containing not more than .64 gram of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine (subject to necessary tolerances); (2) which is derived primarily from apples, apple juice concentrate, pears, or pear juice concentrate, and water; (3) which contains no fruit product or fruit flavoring other than apple or pear; and (4) which contains at least one-half of 1% and less than 8.5% alcohol by volume.

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Official text

Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · 5 cosponsors

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Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1459.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s1459 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114