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Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act

H.R. 786 · 113th Congress · Feb 15, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act”.

Sec. 2 Clarification of tar sands as crude oil for excise tax purposes

(a)
In general— Paragraph (1) of section 4612(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “and natural gasoline” and inserting “, natural gasoline, and tar sands”.
(b)
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.