,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjbe,ms4 
,salinas 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,van ,orden1
 ,mr4 ,panetta1 and ,mr4 ,kelly of      
,pennsylvania7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf to remove the           
differentiation between mead and low    
alcohol by volume wine for purposes of  
the tax imposed on wines4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,bubble ,tax ,modernization ,act of     
#bjbe4  #b4 ,removing differentiation   
between mead and low alcohol by volume  
wine  7a7 ,in general ,section #ejda7;h7
 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of     
#aihf is amended to read as follows3    
7h7 ,low alcohol by volume wine  7#a7   
,in general ,for purposes of subsections
 7a7 and 7b77#a71 low alcohol by volume 
wine shall be deemed to be still wines  
containing not more than #af percent of 

alcohol by volume4  7#b7 ,definition    
,for purposes of this section1 the term 
low alcohol by volume wine means a      
wine--  7,a7 containing not more than   
#j4fd gram of carbon dioxide per hundred
 milliliters of wine1 except that the   
,secretary may by regulations prescribe 
such tolerances to this limitation as   
may be reasonably necessary in good     
commercial practice1 and  7,b7 which    
contains less than #h4e percent alcohol 
by volume4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the 
amendments made by this section shall   
apply to wine removed after ,december   
#ca1 #bjbe4