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Budget Reconciliation Legislation

The U.S. Senate will return on Monday, June 2, to resume consideration of H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation legislation. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the legislation by a narrow margin on May 22. H.R. 1 in the current form contains …Read More

CHEERS Act

With bipartisan and bicameral support, Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL-16), Steven Horsford (D-NV-04), Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) and Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24) alongside Senators Tim Sheehy (R-MT) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), introduced earlier this month H.R.3325/S.1732, the Creating Hospitality Economic Enhancement for Restaurants …Read More

Credit Card Competition Act

This month, Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) offered the previously introduced Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) as an amendment to the financial services-related GENIUS Act which is up for consideration in the Senate, potentially in early June. …Read More

Tarrifs

Brewers continue to face supply chain uncertainty stemming from actual and threatened tariffs. On May 23, the President announced a 50% tariff on all goods coming from the European Union (EU), initially announced to start on June 1. The new …Read More

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)

On May 15 the Brewers Association provided TTB with a priority list of outstanding regulatory requests, some dating back as far as 2017. They range from modernizing the regulations governing labeling and advertising non-alcoholic beer (a BA petition first filed …Read More

USDA Resumes Payment of Approved REAP Grants for Brewers

On March 25, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it will be releasing previously obligated funding under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) that had been frozen by one of the President’s executive orders. As you may …Read More

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Tariffs

Following an initial proposed imposition of “reciprocal” tariffs on countries that impose their own tariffs on U.S. goods, the Trump Administration announced a “pause” on April 9 to delay this action by 90 days. One of the major exceptions to …Read More

Comments Submitted on Performing Rights Organizations (PROs)

In February, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a Notice of Inquiry relating to Performing Rights Organizations (PROs), which license artists’ copyrighted works to concert halls, bars, and other music venues, including breweries. The recent proliferation of PROs and related developments …Read More

Introduction of the USPS Shipping Equity Act in Congress

On April 24, Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Representative Sahas Subramanyam (D-VA) introduced the United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. This important legislation allows the postal service to ship alcohol from licensed businesses …Read More

The House Republican Budget and Budget Reconciliation Process

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have begun the process of rolling out their largest policy proposal of this Congress, a budget package designed to address both they and President Trump’s policy priorities for 2025. This proposal will need …Read More

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