,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aeca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ai1
 #bjac,mr4 ,schumer 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,leahy7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,internal ,revenue ,code
 of #aihf to modify the types of wines  
taxed as hard cider4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,cider   
,investment and ,development through    
,excise ,tax ,reduction 7,,cider7 ,act4 
#b4 ,modification of definition of hard 
cider  7a7 ,in general ,section #ejda of
 the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new subsection3  7g7 ,hard    
cider ,for purposes of subsection 7b71  
the term hard cider means a wine-- 7#a7 
the carbonation level of which does not 
exceed #f4d grams per liter1  7#b7 which
 is derived primarily from-- 7,a7       
apples1 apple juice concentrate1 pears1 
or pear juice concentrate1 and  7,b7    

water1  7#c7 which contains no fruit    
product or fruit flavoring other than   
apple or pear1 and  7#d7 which contains 
at least one-half of #a percent and less
 than #h4e percent alcohol by volume4  4
  7b7 ,conforming amendment ,paragraph  
7#f7 of section #ejda7;b7 of such ,code 
is amended by striking which is a still 
wine and all that follows through       
alcohol by volume4