HR 177 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Death Tax Repeal Act

Introduced Jan 4, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Tim Griffin R-AR

Latest action · Jan 4, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

IntroducedJan 4, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Death Tax Repeal Act - Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2013 to May 8, 2013.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Mar 12, 2013
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		May 8, 2013

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 Jan 4, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 4, 2013Introduced in House
Jan 4, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H54.

Related bills 5

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 147	Death Tax Repeal Act	Identical bill	Jan 3, 2013
HR 483	Farmers Against Crippling Taxes Act	Related bill	Feb 4, 2013
HR 1040	Flat Tax Act	Related bill	Mar 11, 2013
S 1402	Death Tax Repeal Act	Identical bill	Jul 31, 2013
HR 2373	Jumpstarting Our Business Sector Act of 2013	Related bill	Jun 14, 2013

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Death Tax Repeal Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 4, 2013Introduced in House

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