United States · Bill · S
S. 1459 (114th)
Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act
Introduced
22 May 2015
Last action
22 May 2015 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act Amends the Internal Revenue to revise the definition of "hard cider," for purposes of the excise tax on distilled spirits, wines, and beer, to mean a wine: (1) containing not more than .64 gram of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine (subject to necessary tolerances); (2) which is derived primarily from apples, apple juice concentrate, pears, or pear juice concentrate, and water; (3) which contains no fruit product or fruit flavoring other than apple or pear; and (4) which contains at least one-half of 1% and less than 8.5% alcohol by volume.
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Timeline
22 May 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
22 May 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 22 May 2015 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → CIDER Act
- related to → Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act
- related to ← Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015
- related to ← Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1459
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1459
- us · 114-s-1459 · source updated 12 August 2025