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H.R. 3028

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 3028, the Duty Drawback Clarification Act, was introduced in the House on Apr 24, 2025 by Rep. Steve Womack (R) with 31 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Apr 24, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 3028 has 31 co-sponsors.

hb3028/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 3028 IH: Duty Drawback Clarification Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-04-24
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3028  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 24, 2025   Mr. Womack  (for himself,  Mr. McGarvey ,  Mr. Barr ,  Mr. Guthrie ,  Mr. Rogers of Kentucky , and  Mr. Landsman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a uniform 8-digit subheading number for all whiskies.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Duty Drawback Clarification Act  .
2.
Uniform duty treatment of whiskies
(a)
In general
Chapter 22 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by striking subheading 2208.30 and inserting the following, with the article description for subheading 2208.30.00 having the same degree of indentation as the article description for subheading 2208.50.00:
  2208.30.00  Whiskies  Free    $2.04/pf liter        .
(b)
Instruction to United States International Trade Commission
The United States International Trade Commission shall add statistical suffixes to subheading 2208.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, as amended by subsection (a), as follows:
  2208.30.0010  Irish or Scotch in containers each holding not over 4 liters    2208.30.0015  Irish or Scotch in containers each holding over 4 liters    2208.30.0020  Bourbon in containers each holding not over 4 liters    2208.30.0025  Bourbon in containers each holding over 4 liters    2208.30.0030  Rye in containers each holding not over 4 liters    2208.30.0035  Rye in containers each holding over 4 liters    2208.30.0040  Other in containers each holding not over 4 liters    2208.30.0045  Other in containers each holding over 4 liters      .
(c)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-04-24
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Apr 24, 2025

hb3028/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (04/24/2025)

Duty Drawback Clarification Act

This bill revises Chapter 22 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a uniform rate of duty for all whiskies.

Sponsors

Rep. Steve Womack (R) sponsors H.R. 3028, and 31 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 3028 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Referred To · Apr 24, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3028 has taken 2 actions since Apr 24, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 24, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Apr 24, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Ways and Means Committee

Votes

H.R. 3028 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 3028.

Titles

H.R. 3028 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Duty Drawback Clarification Act — Display Title
  • Duty Drawback Clarification Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a uniform 8-digit subheading number for all whiskies. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

7 clients hired 7 firms and 41 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3028 in 26 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Trade (domestic/foreign), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture, Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills), Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Foreign Relations.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)—District of Columbia16—
BROWN-FORMAN CORP—Kentucky15$250K
SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)Premium spirits companyDistrict of Columbia15$150K
PERNOD RICARD USA, LLCDistilled spirits and wine producer and distributerNew York14$160K
IRISH DISTILLERSDistiller of Irish Whiskey—14$120K
DIAGEO AMERICAS, INC.Producer and Distributor of Alcoholic BeveragesNew York11$50K
DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)16—
K&L GATES, LLP15$250K
THE WASHINGTON TAX & PUBLIC POLICY GROUP15$150K
ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)14$160K
PLATINUM ADVISORS DC, LLC14$120K
DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA11—
MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.11$50K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 41.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
TERRY MCNAUGHTON116
GREGORY NICKERSON115
JAMES PEDROTTI115
ZACHARY PRICE115
ANTHONY HOBBS114
ERIK HUEY114
JESSICA AUNE114
JOHN PORTER114
SCOTT GELBMAN114
WILLIAM TRANGHESE114
JOSEPH TRAHERN113
MARY BAKER113
PAMELA GARVIE113
SCOTT NELSON113
ALEXANDER PERKINS111
ALYENE MLINAR111
ANNIE WOLF111
BRUCE MEHLMAN111
CAITLIN VAN SANT111
DAVID THOMAS111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
DIAGEO NORTH AMERICADIAGEO NORTH AMERICA2026 second_quarter$400K2nd Quarter - Report
SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)2026 first_quarter$400K1st Quarter - Report
SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)2025 fourth_quarter$400K4th Quarter - Amendme…
SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)2026 second_quarter$390K2nd Quarter - Report
SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)2025 fourth_quarter$320K4th Quarter - Report
SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)2025 third_quarter$320K3rd Quarter - Report
SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS, INC. (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)2025 second_quarter$290K2nd Quarter - Report
BROWN-FORMAN CORPK&L GATES, LLP2026 second_quarter$50K2nd Quarter - Report
DIAGEO AMERICAS, INC.MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.2026 second_quarter$50K2nd Quarter - Report
BROWN-FORMAN CORPK&L GATES, LLP2026 first_quarter$50K1st Quarter - Report
BROWN-FORMAN CORPK&L GATES, LLP2025 fourth_quarter$50K4th Quarter - Report
BROWN-FORMAN CORPK&L GATES, LLP2025 third_quarter$50K3rd Quarter - Report
BROWN-FORMAN CORPK&L GATES, LLP2025 second_quarter$50K2nd Quarter - Report
PERNOD RICARD USA, LLCERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)2026 second_quarter$40K2nd Quarter - Report
PERNOD RICARD USA, LLCERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)2026 first_quarter$40K1st Quarter - Report
PERNOD RICARD USA, LLCERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)2025 fourth_quarter$40K4th Quarter - Report
PERNOD RICARD USA, LLCERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)2025 third_quarter$40K3rd Quarter - Report
IRISH DISTILLERSPLATINUM ADVISORS DC, LLC2026 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)THE WASHINGTON TAX & PUBLIC POLICY GROUP2026 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
IRISH DISTILLERSPLATINUM ADVISORS DC, LLC2026 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3028 under Foreign Trade and International Finance, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3028’s is Foreign Trade and International Finance.

hr3028/policy-areas.txt
Foreign Trade and International FinanceAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 3028, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 69 (Thursday, April 24, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WOMACK:H.R. 3028.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:The Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among States, and with the IndianTribes.[Page H1625]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com