The Federal Excise Tax on Gasoline and the Highway Trust Fund : A Short History.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gasoline--Taxation.

Gasoline.

Military readiness.

Debts, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (18 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 00-RL-30304 in the 2000 issue.

Presents legislative history of Federal gasoline excise taxes from 1932 to present, and examines their use for deficit reduction, national defense, and the Highway Trust Fund. Discusses possible reversion from deficit reduction to user tax status, recent legislative developments, and related issues.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Government Division. Federal Excise Tax on Gasoline and the Highway Trust Fund

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