A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the excise tax on cigarettes, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a trust fund to be used to fund the research programs of the National Cancer Institute.

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Introduced

4 January 1977

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Status

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on cigarettes. Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Cancer Research Fund in the Treasury to be partially funded from the additional excise taxes collected under this Act.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/954
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