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H.R. 1786: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and to transfer a portion of such cover over to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund.

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H.R. 1786: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and to transfer a portion of such cover over to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund.

116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-14 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and to transfer a portion of such cover over to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund.

Plain summary

This bill repeals the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits excise taxes covered over (paid) to the treasuries of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer a portion of the amount required to be covered over to Puerto Rico to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and to transfer a portion of such cover over to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · 59 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Andy Kim (D-NJ), James A. Himes (D-CT), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Grace Meng (D-NY), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1786 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116