{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressmen-mcgarvey-womack-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-support-american-whiskey-manufacturers", "Congressmen McGarvey, Womack Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support American Whiskey Manufacturers", "2025-04-25", "2025", "2025-04", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) \u2013 Co-Chair of the Congressional Bourbon Caucus \u2013 and Congressman Steve Womack (AR-03) introduced the Duty Drawback Clarification Act, a bipartisan bill that would level the playing field for American whiskey distillers. The bill would allow American whiskey distillers to participate in the duty drawback program, which refunds duties and fees paid by importers when they export equivalent amounts of the same product. Beer, wine, and other spirit makers in the United States are already eligible for this program.\n\n\u201cBourbon is America\u2019s signature spirit, yet bourbon and other whiskeys are excluded from the duty drawback program \u2014 a benefit enjoyed by nearly every other beer, wine, and spirit. It's time to level the playing field,\u201d said Congressman McGarvey. \u201cI am honored to join Congressman Steve Womack in introducing the Duty Drawback Clarification Act to strengthen and grow the American-made spirit industry, especially bourbon.\"\n\n\u201cPromoting U.S. exports is integral to a successful pro-growth American agenda. Duty drawback is an extremely successful program for domestic beer, wine, and spirit producers, and treating American whiskey producers\u2014including those manufacturing right here in the Third District of Arkansas\u2014the same as other American alcohol producers is simply common sense,\u201d said Congressman Womack. \u201cI\u2019m proud to introduce this bill with Rep. McGarvey and continue working to implement policies that support Arkansas businesses.\u201d\n\nDuty drawback is an export promotion program that supports American jobs by incentivizing exports through a refund of duties paid at the time of import when similar goods are exported. American beer, wine, and spirits producers all currently utilize the program, but American whiskey is not currently eligible for drawback due to the unique way it is listed in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. This bill clarifies that all whiskey products are commercially interchangeable and, therefore, eligible for the drawback program.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:33:40Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressmen-mcgarvey-womack-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-support-american-whiskey-manufacturers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9436259754002094, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}