Key Votes
HR 3415 - Repeal Gas Tax bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Hal Rogers voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - June 25, 1996
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (301-108) - May 21, 1996 (Key vote)
Title: Repeal Gas Tax bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that repeals the 4.3-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax until January 1, 1997.
Highlights:
- Expresses the sense of the Congress that gas producers should reduce fuel prices to pass the savings from the tax to the consumers.
- Directs the Comptroller General to study whether consumers receive reduced fuel prices.
- Requires the Federal Communications Commission to auction sections of the government owned broadcast spectrum to offset the 4.3 cent excise tax.
Sponsors
- Andrea Seastrand (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Frank Duncan Riggs (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Edward R. 'Ed' Royce (CA - R)
- Richard 'Dick' Zimmer (NJ - R) (Out Of Office)
