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S. Rept. 114-27 1 (2015-04-14)

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                                                          Calendar No. 50
                   114TH CONGRESS                                    REPORT
                     1st Session              SENATE                 114-27






                     LNG AND  LPG  EXCISE   TAX  EQUALIZATION ACT OF 2015



                                   APRIL 14, 2015.-Ordered to be printed



                             Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on Finance,
                                      submitted the following


                                         REPORT

                                         [To accompany S. 917]

                    The  Committee on Finance, having considered an original bill, S.
                    917, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the
                  excise tax on liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas,
                  having  considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
                  amendment   and recommends  that the bill do pass.
                                             CONTENTS
                                                                             Page
                    I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND .................................................................... .  1
                    II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL  .....................................................................  2
                         A. Equalization of Excise Tax on Liquefied Natural Gas and Lique-
                            fied Petroleum Gas (sec. 1 of the bill and sec. 4041(a)(2) of
                            th e C ode)  .............................................................................................  2
                         B. Increase Continuous Levy Authority on Payments to Medicare
                            Providers and Suppliers (sec. 6331 of the Code)  .............................  4
                  III. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL .............................................................  6
                  IV. VOTES OF THE COMM ITTEE .....................................................................  8
                  V.  REGULATORY IMPACT AND OTHER  MATTERS  ....................................  8
                  VI. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE  BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED           9

                                 I. LEGISLATIVE   BACKGROUND

                    The  Committee on Finance, having considered S. 917, the LNG
                    and LPG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2015 to amend the Inter-
                  nal Revenue  Code of 1986 to equalize the excise tax on liquefied
                  petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas, reports favorably thereon
                  without amendment  and recommends  that the bill do pass.


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