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Moran introduces national bag tax

By Ben Giles
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For the second straight year, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., on Friday celebrated Earth Day by introducing a bill to impose a federal tax on plastic bags.

The Trash Reduction Act would place a 5-cent tax on single use carryout bags at grocery stores, and would also provide tax credits to businesses that use a recyclable bag program. Four of every five cents would go towards the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund.

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