To allow direct shipment of distilled spirits by craft distilleries, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9767 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9767

 To allow direct shipment of distilled spirits by craft distilleries,
                        and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2026

 Mr. Steube (for himself and Mr. Subramanyam) introduced the following
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 To allow direct shipment of distilled spirits by craft distilleries,
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Craft Distilled Spirits Direct-to-
Consumer Shipping Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. DIRECT SHIPMENT OF DISTILLED SPRITS.

    (a) Conditions for Transporting Certain Distilled Spirits.--The
direct shipment of a distilled spirit by a craft distillery shall be
permitted from States where a distilled spirit is purchased from a
craft distillery, to another State or the District of Columbia, if--
            (1) the purchaser of the distilled spirit affirmed they are
        of legal age to purchase alcohol by--
                    (A) providing a valid form of government issued
                identification at the time of purchase at the craft
                distillery; or
                    (B) making such affirmation when purchasing from
                the craft distillery online or over the phone;
            (2) the shipping container in which the distilled spirit is
        shipped is marked to--
                    (A) indicate such container contains alcohol; and
                    (B) require an adult's signature upon delivery;
            (3) the distilled spirit is for personal use only and not
        for resale;
            (4) the State from which the distilled spirit is shipped
        allows such direct shipment to a purchaser; and
            (5) the State into which the distilled spirt is shipped
        permits the receipt of such direct shipment by a purchaser.
    (b) Violations.--If any person fails to meet any of the conditions
under subsection (a), the attorney general of any State may bring a
civil action under the same terms as those set out in section 2 of the
Act entitled ``An Act divesting intoxicating liquors of their
interstate character in certain cases'', approved March 1, 1913
(commonly known as the ``Webb-Kenyon Act'') (27 U.S.C. 122a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Craft distillery.--The term ``craft distillery'' means
        a producer that--
                    (A) distills, rectifies, or blends not greater than
                250,000 gallons of distilled spirit each year; and
                    (B) is independently owned.
            (2) Distilled spirit.--The term ``distilled spirit'' has
        the meaning given the term in section 117 of the Federal
        Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 211).
            (3) Independently owned.--The term ``independently owned''
        means, with respect to a craft distillery, that no producer
        that produces more than 250,000 gallons of distilled spirit
        each year has a direct or indirect ownership interest in such
        craft distillery.
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