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H.R. 4613

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4613, the Bubble Tax Modernization Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jul 22, 2025 by Rep. Andrea Salinas (D) with 10 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Jul 22, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 4613 has 10 co-sponsors.

hb4613/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4613 IH: Bubble Tax Modernization Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-22
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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. 4613  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 22, 2025   Ms. Salinas  (for herself,  Mr. Van Orden ,  Mr. Panetta , and  Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove the differentiation between mead and low alcohol by volume wine for purposes of the tax imposed on wines.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Bubble Tax Modernization Act of 2025  .
2.
Removing differentiation between mead and low alcohol by volume wine
(a)
In general
 Section 5041(h)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
(h)
Low alcohol by volume wine
(1)
In general
For purposes of subsections (a) and (b)(1), low alcohol by volume wine shall be deemed to be still wines containing not more than 16 percent of alcohol by volume.
(2)
Definition
For purposes of this section, the term  low alcohol by volume wine  means a wine—
(A)
containing not more than 0.64 gram of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine, except that the Secretary may by regulations prescribe such tolerances to this limitation as may be reasonably necessary in good commercial practice, and
(B)
which contains less than 8.5 percent alcohol by volume.
 .
(b)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to wine removed after December 31, 2025.

Tracker

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

  1. Introduced2025-07-22
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove the differentiation between mead and low alcohol by volume wine for purposes of the tax imposed on wines.

Sponsors

Rep. Andrea Salinas (D) sponsors H.R. 4613, and 10 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4613 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Referred To · Jul 22, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4613 has taken 2 actions since Jul 22, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jul 22, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jul 22, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Ways and Means Committee

Votes

H.R. 4613 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 4613 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Bubble Tax Modernization Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove the differentiation between mead and low alcohol by volume wine for purposes of the tax imposed on wines. — Official Title as Introduced
  • Bubble Tax Modernization Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 4 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4613 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025. 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 Agriculture, Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Budget/Appropriations, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Retirement.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS—District of Columbia12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS12—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
BEN TIMMINS112
COLE SCANDAGLIA112
SUNSHINE MCBRIDE112
UDITINDER THAKUR112

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERSINTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS2025 second_quarter$319.2K2nd Quarter - Report
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERSINTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS2025 first_quarter$315.8K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4613 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4613’s is Taxation.

hr4613/policy-areas.txt
TaxationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4613, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 125 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SALINAS:H.R. 4613.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H3554]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com