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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 15, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. HARRIS:H.R. 3508.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution ofthe United States.[Page H5980]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>American Solution for Simplifying the Estate Tax Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1)&nbsp;allow taxpayers an election to make annual payments of 1% of their modified adjusted gross income for a minimum seven-year period in lieu of existing estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, (2) allow a step-up in basis for estate property of a taxpayer making an election under this Act,&nbsp;and (3)&nbsp;set forth requirements for the filing of an estate tax return by taxpayers who have made an election under this Act. </p>]]></text>
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