26 U.S.C. § 5273
Sale, use, and recovery of denatured distilled spirits
United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective
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- 26 U.S.C. § 5273, Sale, use, and recovery of denatured distilled spirits, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/463702
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Any person using specially denatured distilled spirits in the manufacture of articles shall file such formulas and statements of process, submit such samples, and comply with such other requirements, as the Secretary shall by regulations prescribe, and no person shall use specially denatured distilled spirits in the manufacture or production of any article until approval of the article, formula, and process has been obtained from the Secretary.
No person shall use denatured distilled spirits in the manufacture of medicinal preparations or flavoring extracts for internal human use where any of the spirits remains in the finished product.
No person shall sell or offer for sale for internal human use any medicinal preparations or flavoring extracts manufactured from denatured distilled spirits where any of the spirits remains in the finished product.
Manufacturers employing processes in which denatured distilled spirits withdrawn under section 5214(a)(1) are expressed, evaporated, or otherwise removed, from the articles manufactured shall be permitted to recover such distilled spirits and to have such distilled spirits restored to a condition suitable solely for reuse in manufacturing processes under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
No person shall withdraw or sell denatured distilled spirits, or sell any article containing denatured distilled spirits for beverage purposes.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Tax Reform Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Trade Agreements Act of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018House: 256–167Senate: no recorded tally