S. 375: Small BREW Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-04 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S775-776; text of measure as introduced: CR S776-777)

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-04 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S775-776; text of measure as introduced: CR S776-777) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Small BREW Act

Plain summary

Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act or the Small BREW Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on beer produced within or imported into the United States for brewers who produce not more than 6 million barrels of beer a year.

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Official text

Small BREW Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · 35 cosponsors

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Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK)

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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-114s375.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s375 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114