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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the incentives for alcohol used as a fuel shall be extended as part of any extension of fuel tax rates.

H.R. 2489Introduced Sep 17, 1997Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Ray LaHood R-IL
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 17, 1997 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

69 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 36 Democrats

37 of 69 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), James Barcia (D-MI), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), David Bonior (D-MI), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Julia Carson (D-IN), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE), James Clyburn (D-SC), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Pat Danner (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Lane Evans (D-IL), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Harris Fawell (R-IL), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Greg Ganske (R-IA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Lee Hamilton (D-IN), J. Hastert (R-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), W. Hefner (D-NC), Rick Hill (R-MT) and 39 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ray LaHood.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.