S 617 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Death Tax Repeal Act of 2021

Introduced Mar 9, 2021 Originated Senate Sponsor John Thune R-SD

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 9, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1425)

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 9, 2021
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Death Tax Repeal Act of 2021

This bill repeals the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. It also makes conforming amendments related to the gift tax.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2021 to Feb 2, 2022; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-NEDeb FischerOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-NDJohn HoevenOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-LAJohn KennedyOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-IAJoni ErnstOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-SDMike RoundsOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-ALRichard C. ShelbyOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-FLRick ScottOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-KSRoger MarshallOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-MORoy BluntOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-TXTed CruzOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-ARTom CottonOriginalMar 9, 2021
R-TNBill HagertyMar 16, 2021
R-INMike BraunMar 18, 2021
R-UTMike LeeMar 18, 2021
R-ALTommy TubervilleMar 18, 2021
R-MOJosh HawleyMar 25, 2021
R-MSCindy Hyde-SmithApr 14, 2021
R-PAPatrick J. ToomeyApr 22, 2021
R-NCRichard BurrApr 22, 2021
R-OKJames LankfordApr 29, 2021
R-SCTim ScottJul 22, 2021
R-WYCynthia M. LummisFeb 2, 2022

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Mar 9, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 9, 2021Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 9, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1425)

In the Congressional Record 2

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S1534John Thune R-SDMar 16, 2021
SenateText printed S1425John Thune R-SD (text)Mar 9, 2021

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 215Death Tax Repeal Act of 2019Reintroduction ofJan 24, 2019
S 1108Death Tax Repeal Act of 2023Reintroduced BillJan 24, 2024
HR 1712Death Tax Repeal ActRelated billMar 9, 2021

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 9, 2021Introduced in Senate

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