{"id":6532,"date":"2011-03-10T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-cosponsors-legislation-to-support-oregons-small-breweries-and-create-jobs\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:58","slug":"merkley-cosponsors-legislation-to-support-oregons-small-breweries-and-create-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-cosponsors-legislation-to-support-oregons-small-breweries-and-create-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley copatrocina legislaci\u00f3n para apoyar a las peque\u00f1as cervecer\u00edas de Oreg\u00f3n y crear empleos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington DC -<\/strong> Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley cosponsored legislation Wednesday that will encourage job growth by reducing the beer excise tax on American small brewers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;Oregon&rsquo;s brewers are a valuable part of our state&rsquo;s economy and culture,&rdquo; Merkley said.&nbsp; &ldquo;They employ thousands of Oregonians and brew beers recognized the world over for their quality and flavor.&nbsp; This bill is an opportunity to create jobs while supporting Oregonians who take immense pride in their craft and brew a darn good pint of beer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The over 1,500 small breweries that operate in America employ nearly 100,000 people, generate more than $3 billion in wages and benefits and pay more than $2.3 billion in business, personal and consumption taxes.&nbsp; Oregon is home to 77 brewing companies and Portland has more 33 microbreweries within its city limits, more than any other city in the world.&nbsp; The overall economic impact of breweries in Oregon alone is $2.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Bill highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently, a small      brewer that produces less than 2 million barrels of beer per year is      eligible to pay $7.00 per barrel on the first 60,000 barrels produced each      year.&nbsp; Reducing this rate to $3.50 per barrel would provide      approximately $18.0 million per year to help strengthen our nation&#8217;s      smallest brewers and support their efforts to maintain and generate jobs.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Once production exceeds      60,000 barrels, a small brewer must pay the same $18 per barrel excise tax      rate that the largest brewer pays at over 100 million barrels.&nbsp;      Lowering the tax rate to $16 per barrel on beer production above 60,000      barrels up to 2 million barrels would provide small brewers with an      additional $26.2 million per year that would be used to support      significant long-term investments and create jobs by growing their      businesses on a regional or national scale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The small brewer tax      rate was established in 1976 and has never been updated.&nbsp; Since then      the annual production of America&#8217;s largest brewery increased from about 45      million to 107 million barrels.&nbsp; The ceiling defining small breweries      is 2 million barrels and the legislation would increase it to 6 million      barrels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;The bill&rsquo;s lead sponsor is Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and the bill&rsquo;s other original cosponsors are Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Ron Wyden (D-OR).<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &#8211; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley cosponsored legislation Wednesday that will encourage job growth by reducing the beer excise tax on American small brewers.&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;Oregon&rsquo;s brewers are a valuable part of our state&rsquo;s economy and culture,&rdquo; Merkley said.&nbsp; &ldquo;They employ thousands of Oregonians and brew beers recognized the world over for their quality and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-6532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-jobs-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Cosponsors Legislation to Support Oregon\u2019s Small Breweries and Create Jobs - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-cosponsors-legislation-to-support-oregons-small-breweries-and-create-jobs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Cosponsors Legislation to Support Oregon\u2019s Small Breweries and Create Jobs - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, D.C. &#8211; 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