Cullen–Harrison Act

Cullen–Harrison Act
Other short titles	Beer Permit Act; Permit and Tax Beer Act;
Long title	An Act to provide revenue by the taxation of certain nonintoxicating liquor, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	CHA
Nicknames	Cullen–Harrison Act of 1933
Enacted by	the 73rd United States Congress
Effective	March 22, 1933
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 73–3
Statutes at Large	48 Stat. 16
Codification
Titles amended	27 U.S.C.: Intoxicating Liquors
U.S.C. sections created	27 U.S.C. ch. 2A § 64a et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 3341 by Thomas H. Cullen (D-NY) on March 14, 1933; Committee consideration by House Ways and Means, Senate Finance; Passed the House on March 14, 1933 (326–99); Passed the Senate on March 16, 1933 (53–37); Reported by the joint conference committee on March 20, 1933; agreed to by the Senate on March 20, 1933 (49–42) and by the House on March 21, 1933 (agreed); Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 22, 1933;

The Cullen–Harrison Act, named for its sponsors, Senator

alcohol content of 3.2% (by weight) and wine of similarly low alcohol content, thought to be too low to be intoxicating, effective April 7, 1933. Upon signing the legislation, Roosevelt made his famous remark, "I think this would be a good time for a beer."^[1]^[2]

According to the Cullen–Harrison Act, states had to pass their own similar legislation to legalize sale of the low alcohol beverages within their borders. Roosevelt had previously sent a short message to Congress requesting such a bill. Sale of even low alcohol beer had been illegal in the U.S. since

3.2 beer.^[4] The passage of the Cullen–Harrison Act is celebrated as National Beer Day

every year on April 7 in the United States.

References

^ "Post". fdrlibrary.tumblr.com. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
ISBN 978-0-8129-7049-4
. Retrieved February 18, 2016.

ISBN 978-1-60473-263-4
.

^ Courtaway, Robert (January 4, 2013). "Wetter than the Mississippi". Missouri Life. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.

External links

Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Message to Congress on Repeal of the Volstead Act.," March 13, 1933". The American Presidency Project. University of California – Santa Barbara.

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[1] "Post". fdrlibrary.tumblr.com. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved February 18, 2016.

[2] ISBN 978-0-8129-7049-4
. Retrieved February 18, 2016.

[3] ISBN 978-1-60473-263-4
.

[4] Courtaway, Robert (January 4, 2013). "Wetter than the Mississippi". Missouri Life. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.

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