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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2934
To eliminate certain Federal programs and subsidies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 1, 1996
Mr. BLUTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To eliminate certain Federal programs and subsidies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Taxpayer Savings Act of 1996’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Market promotion program.
Sec. 3. Export enhancement program.
Sec. 4. Animal damage control.
Sec. 5. Termination of tax subsidies for ethanol.
Sec. 6. Termination of price support and production adjustment programs for
sugar beets and sugarcane.
Sec. 7. Termination of peanut quota and price support programs.
SEC. 2. MARKET PROMOTION PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 211 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 5641) is
amended by striking subsection (c) .
(2) Section 402(a)(1) of the Act (7 U.S.C.
5662(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘203,’’.
(3) Section 1302 of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–66; 7
U.S.C. 5623 note) is repealed.
SEC. 3. EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5651) is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 103(d)(2) of the Act (7 U.S.C.
5603(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘(as amended)
and the program under section 301’’.
(2) The title heading of title III of the Act (7
U.S.C. prec. 5651) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE III—RELIEF FROM
UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES’’.
(3) Section 303 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 5653) is
amended by striking ‘‘, such as that established
under section 301,’’.
(4) Section 401 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 5661) is
amended by striking ‘‘sections 201, 202, and 301’’
each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and
inserting ‘‘sections 201 and 202’’.
(5) Section 402(a)(1) of the Act (7 U.S.C.
5662(a)(1)) (as amended by section 301(b)(2)) is
further amended by striking ‘‘sections 201, 202, and
301’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 201 and 202’’.
SEC. 4. ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL.
The last proviso of the matter under the heading
‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’’ of title I
of the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1986 (Public Law 100–202; 101
Stat. 1329–331; 7 U.S.C. 426c) is amended by striking
‘‘: Provided further, That hereafter,’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘Animal Damage Control activities’’.
SEC. 5. TERMINATION OF TAX SUBSIDIES FOR ETHANOL.
(a) REPEAL OF CREDITS—Subpart D of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by striking section 40 (relating to al-
cohol used as fuel).
(b) CONFORMING TERMINATIONS OF OTHER INCEN-
TIVES FOR ETHANOL FUEL.—
(1) REPEAL OF REDUCED RATE ON ETHANOL
FUEL PRODUCED OTHER THAN FROM PETROLEUM
OR NATURAL GAS.—Subsection (b) of section 4041
of such Code is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) EXEMPTION
FOR
OFF-HIGHWAY
BUSINESS
USE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No tax shall be imposed by
subsection (a) or (d)(1) on liquids sold for use or
used in an off-highway business use.
‘‘(2) TAX WHERE OTHER USE.—If a liquid on
which no tax was imposed by reason of paragraph
(1) is used otherwise than in an off-highway busi-
ness use, a tax shall be imposed by paragraph
(1)(B), (2)(B), or (3)(A)(ii) of subsection (a)
(whichever is appropriate) and by the corresponding
provision of subsection (d)(1) (if any).
‘‘(3) OFF-HIGHWAY BUSINESS USE DEFINED.—
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘off-high-
way business use’ has the meaning given to such
term by section 6421(e)(2); except that such term