HR 8 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005

Introduced Feb 17, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Kenny C. Hulshof R-MO

Latest action · Jun 8, 2006 Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 41. Record Vote Number: 164. (consideration: CR S5628)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 17, 2005
Passed HouseApr 13, 2005
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 - Declares that the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, which terminate its application to estates of decedents dying, gifts made, or generation skipping transfers, after December 31, 2010, shall not in fact apply to title V of such Act, which repeals estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. (Thus makes the repeal of such taxes permanent.)

Recorded votes 3

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
Senate 164	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 8	Cloture Motion Rejected57–41	Jun 8, 2006

House 102	On Passage	Passed272–162	Apr 13, 2005

House 101	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Failed194–238	Apr 13, 2005

Cosponsors 206

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 17, 2005 to Apr 13, 2005; 106 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NH	Charles F. Bass	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-TX	Chet Edwards	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-UT	Chris Cannon	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IN	Chris Chocola	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CA	Christopher Cox	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MI	Dave Camp	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CA	David Dreier	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-WA	David G. Reichert	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-OH	Deborah Pryce	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CA	Gary G. Miller	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-OR	Greg Walden	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NH	Jeb Bradley	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IL	Jerry Weller	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-UT	Jim Matheson	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-LA	Jim McCrery	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-KS	Jim Ryun	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-OK	John Sullivan	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IL	Judy Biggert	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-FL	Katherine Harris	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TX	Lamar Smith	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-PR	Luis G. Fortuno	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TX	Mac Thornberry	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CA	Mary Bono	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IN	Mike Pence	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IL	Ray LaHood	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-LA	Richard H. Baker	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-VA	Rick Boucher	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-KY	Ron Lewis	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-AL	Terry Everett	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NE	Tom Osborne	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NY	Vito Fossella	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CA	Wally Herger	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Mar 2, 2005
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Mar 2, 2005
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Mar 2, 2005
R-FL	Connie Mack		Mar 2, 2005
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Mar 2, 2005
R-IA	Jim Nussle		Mar 2, 2005
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Mar 2, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Mar 2, 2005
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Mar 2, 2005
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Mar 2, 2005
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Mar 2, 2005
R-AZ	Rick Renzi		Mar 2, 2005
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Mar 2, 2005
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Mar 2, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul		Mar 2, 2005
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		Mar 2, 2005
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Mar 2, 2005
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		Mar 2, 2005
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Mar 3, 2005
D-GA	David Scott		Mar 3, 2005
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Mar 3, 2005
R-CA	George Radanovich		Mar 3, 2005
R-OH	John A. Boehner		Mar 3, 2005
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Mar 3, 2005
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Mar 3, 2005
D-AR	Marion Berry		Mar 3, 2005
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		Mar 3, 2005
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Mar 3, 2005
R-FL	Ric Keller		Mar 3, 2005
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Mar 3, 2005
R-FL	Tom Feeney		Mar 3, 2005
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		Mar 8, 2005
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Mar 8, 2005
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Mar 8, 2005
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Mar 8, 2005
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Mar 8, 2005
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Mar 8, 2005
R-NC	Howard Coble		Mar 8, 2005
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg		Mar 8, 2005
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Mar 8, 2005
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Mar 8, 2005
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		Mar 8, 2005
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Mar 8, 2005
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		Mar 8, 2005
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Mar 8, 2005
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Mar 8, 2005
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		Mar 10, 2005
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Mar 10, 2005
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Mar 10, 2005
R-FL	Dave Weldon		Mar 14, 2005
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Mar 14, 2005
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Mar 14, 2005
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Mar 14, 2005
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Mar 14, 2005
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Mar 14, 2005
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Mar 14, 2005
R-CO	Joel Hefley		Mar 14, 2005
R-PA	John E. Peterson		Mar 14, 2005
R-GA	John Linder		Mar 14, 2005
R-IN	John N. Hostettler		Mar 14, 2005
R-TX	John R. Carter		Mar 14, 2005
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Mar 14, 2005
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Mar 14, 2005
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Mar 20, 2005
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Mar 20, 2005
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Mar 20, 2005
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Mar 20, 2005
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 20, 2005
R-WI	Mark Green		Mar 20, 2005
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Mar 20, 2005
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Mar 20, 2005
R-IA	Steve King		Mar 20, 2005
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Mar 20, 2005
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Apr 6, 2005
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Apr 6, 2005
R-AK	Don Young		Apr 6, 2005
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Apr 6, 2005
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Apr 6, 2005
R-TX	Ted Poe		Apr 6, 2005
R-OK	Tom Cole		Apr 6, 2005
R-SC	Bob Inglis		Apr 12, 2005
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Apr 12, 2005
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Apr 12, 2005
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Apr 12, 2005
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Apr 12, 2005
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Apr 12, 2005
R-NV	Jim Gibbons		Apr 12, 2005
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		Apr 12, 2005
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Apr 12, 2005
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Apr 12, 2005
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Apr 12, 2005
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Apr 12, 2005
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Apr 12, 2005
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Apr 12, 2005
R-IA	Tom Latham		Apr 12, 2005
R-GA	Tom Price		Apr 12, 2005
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Apr 12, 2005
R-KY	Anne M. Northup		Apr 13, 2005
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Apr 13, 2005
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Apr 13, 2005

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Feb 17, 2005

Actions 24

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 8, 2006Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5610-5629)
Jun 8, 2006Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 41. Record Vote Number: 164. (consideration: CR S5628)
Jun 7, 2006Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5534-5554, S5591)
Jun 6, 2006Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR H5509-5510)
Jun 6, 2006Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S5509-5510; text: CR S5509-5510)

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In the Congressional Record 15

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H4569	Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY	Jun 27, 2006
House	Debate and remarks H4454	Kenny C. Hulshof R-MO	Jun 22, 2006
House · Senate	Debate and remarks H4222, H4224Amendments S6155	Barbara Boxer D-CA (amendment), Rahm Emanuel D-IL, Ric Keller R-FL	Jun 20, 2006
Senate · Extensions	Debate and remarks E1083, S5610–S5629Amendments S5672, S5673Cloture motions S5628Recorded votes S5628cloture motion on motion to proceed	Barack Obama D-IL, Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD, Byron L. Dorgan D-ND, Carl Levin D-MI, Charles B. Rangel D-NY, Christopher S. Bond R-MO, Conrad R. Burns R-MT (cloture motion), Craig Thomas R-WY (cloture motion), David Vitter R-LA (cloture motion), Dianne Feinstein D-CA, George Allen R-VA (cloture motion), Gordon H. Smith R-OR, Harry Reid D-NV, Herb Kohl D-WI, Jeff Sessions R-AL (cloture motion), Jim Bunning R-KY (cloture motion), Jim DeMint R-SC, John Ensign R-NV (cloture motion), John F. Kerry D-MA, John McCain R-AZ, John Thune R-SD (cloture motion), Johnny Isakson R-GA (cloture motion), Jon Kyl R-AZ (cloture motion), Judd Gregg R-NH (cloture motion), Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX, Lamar Alexander R-TN, Michael B. Enzi R-WY, Mike Crapo R-ID (cloture motion), Mitch McConnell R-KY, Orrin G. Hatch R-UT, Richard Burr R-NC (cloture motion), Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Rick Santorum R-PA (cloture motion), Robert C. Byrd D-WV, Thomas R. Carper D-DE (amendment), Tom Coburn R-OK (cloture motion), Tom Harkin D-IA, Wayne Allard R-CO (cloture motion), William H. Frist R-TN (cloture motion)	Jun 8, 2006
House · Senate	Debate and remarks H3480, S5535–S5554, S5579–S5584, S5586, S5588–S5591	Blanche L. Lincoln D-AR, Christopher J. Dodd D-CT, Chuck Grassley R-IA, Craig Thomas R-WY, Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ, George Allen R-VA, Jack Reed D-RI, Jeff Bingaman D-NM, Jeff Sessions R-AL, Jim Bunning R-KY, Jim Talent R-MO, John Cornyn R-TX, John Thune R-SD, Johnny Isakson R-GA, Jon Kyl R-AZ, Judd Gregg R-NH, Kent Conrad D-ND, Mark Dayton D-MN, Max Baucus D-MT, Richard C. Shelby R-AL, Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Robert Menendez D-NJ, Sherrod Brown D-OH, Thomas R. Carper D-DE, Wayne Allard R-CO	Jun 7, 2006

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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 3

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 109-53	PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUDGET WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY SECRETARY JOHN SNOW61 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Feb 15, 2006
Serial No. 109-12	REMOVING OBSTACLES TO JOB CREATION: HOW CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HELP SMALL BUSINESSES REVITALIZE THE ECONOMY?74 pages	Small Business Committee	Apr 21, 2005
Serial No. 109-11	THE ESTATE TAX AND THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX - INEQUITY FOR AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESSES61 pages	Small Business Committee	Apr 14, 2005

Amendments 3

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
HAmdt 69	An amendment in the nature of a substitute to immediately eliminate the estate tax for most estates; to increase the estate tax exclusion to $3 million, effective January 1, 2004; to partially offset the cost of increasing the exclusion by freezing existing estate tax rates, eliminating the ability to claim valuation discounts by holding property through partnerships, and restoring the prior law phaseout of the benefit of the graduated rates and exclusion; to repeal the carryover basis rules contained in the 2001 tax bill, and in doing so, continue the favorable current law step-up in basis rules that eliminate capital gains taxes on increases in value before death.	Earl Pomeroy D-ND	On agreeing to the Pomeroy amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 194 - 238 (Roll no. 101).
SA 4194	No description on file	Thomas R. Carper D-DE	Senate amendment submitted
SA 4195	No description on file	Thomas R. Carper D-DE	Senate amendment submitted

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 64	Family Heritage Preservation Act	Related bill	Jan 4, 2005
HR 183	To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.	Related bill	Jan 4, 2005
HRES 202	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.	Procedurally related	Apr 13, 2005
S 420	Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005	Identical bill	Feb 17, 2005

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.
Short Titles as Introduced: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005
Short Titles as Passed House: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005
Popular Titles: Estate Tax bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 3

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