Number: RS20521 Title: TRANSPORTATION FUEL TAXES: IMPACTS OF A REPEAL OR MORATORIUM Authors: John W. Fischer and Bernard A. Gelb, Resources, Science, and Industry Division Abstract: Steep increases in the prices of gasoline, diesel, and other transportation fuels have prompted some Members of Congress to seek to ease the effects on households and businesses. Interest has focused on possible repeal or suspension of the levying of all or part of the federal excise taxes on those fuels. Pages: 6 Date: Updated March 28, 2000