ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: enter into intergovernmental agreements with Indian tribes relative to enforcement of certain State laws by Indian tribes, improve quality of life in rural Alaska, and reduce alcohol and drug abuse (see S. 1474), S6208 [1AU]

Business and industry: exempt aging process of distilled spirits from the production period for purposes of capitalization of interest costs (see S. 1457), S6207 [1AU]

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498), H370 [5FE]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S7674 [30OC]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 237), S519 [7FE]

Dept. of Justice: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (see H.R. 2187), H2954 [23MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: make permanent the performance-based compensation system for scientific and technical employees of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (see H.R. 2067), H2838 [21MY]

Dept. of Transportation: withhold highway funds from States that do not have in effect laws requiring the use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (see S. 979), S3569 [16MY] (see H.R. 1665), H2245 [23AP]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see S. 1517), S6597 [18SE] (see S. 1685), S7951 [12NO] (see H.R. 2957), H5343 [1AU]

Mental health: reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders (see S. 689), S2501 [9AP]

Postal Service: provide authority to mail wine and beer (see H.R. 1718), H2298 [24AP]

Taxation: exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see H.R. 2312), H3287 [11JN]

——— modify taxation of hard cider (see H.R. 2921), H5342 [1AU]

——— modify the types of wines taxed as hard cider (see S. 1531), S6647 [19SE]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see S. 917), S3326 [9MY] (see H.R. 494), H370 [5FE]

——— reduce rate on distilled spirits produced by small producers (see H.R. 1806), H2392 [26AP]

——— reduce tax on beer (see S. 958), S3531 [15MY] (see H.R. 1918), H2567 [9MY]

Unemployment: prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use (see H.R. 1172), H1426 [14MR]

——— require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3454), H6997 [12NO]

Lists

Victims of the 1988 Carrollton, KY, bus crash, S3425 [14MY]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (H.R. 498), H508 [14FE]

Domaine Chandon (business): anniversary, E1029 [9JY]

FTC: tribute to ‘‘We Don’t Serve Teens’’ program, H5838 [26SE]

National Alcohol Awareness Month: observance, E409 [10AP]

National Bourbon Day: observance, H3638 [14JN]

Prince William County, VA: tribute to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (organization) chapter, E974 [26JN]

Taxation: exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (H.R. 2312), H3638 [14JN]

——— modify taxation of hard cider (H.R. 2921), E1201 [1AU]

Unemployment: prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use (H.R. 1172), E305 [14MR]

Whitehouse Station, NJ: anniversary of Anderson House women’s addiction center, E87 [4FE]

Remarks in Senate

Carrollton, KY: anniversary of 1988 bus crash, S3424 [14MY]

Commission on Native Children: establish (S. 1622), S7678–S7680 [30OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Demonstration Project, S487 [7FE]

Immigration: prohibit granting of registered provisional immigrant status to any individual who has been convicted of certain crimes, S5110 [25JN]

Mental health: reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders, S2730 [17AP], S2781 [18AP]

Taxation: reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (S. 917), S3331 [9MY], S7856 [6NO]

Reports filed

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Personnel Flexibilities Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2067) (H. Rept. 113–156), H4522 [16JY]

Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 689), S2589 [11AP]

Texts of

S. 917, Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act, S3332 [9MY]

S. 1457, Aged Distilled Spirits Competitiveness Act, S6229 [1AU]