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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1295" measure-id="id113hr1295" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-03-20" update-date="2013-04-26">
<title>Medical Device Tax Elimination Act</title>
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<action-date>2013-03-20</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Medical Device Tax Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the excise tax on medical devices; (2) deny major integrated oil companies (companies which have an average daily worldwide annual production of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels and annual gross receipts in excess of $1 billion) the tax deduction for income attributable to oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof; (3) prohibit the use of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method by major integrated oil companies; and (4) deny the foreign tax credit to major integrated oil companies that are dual taxpayers (companies that receive an economic benefit from a foreign country or a possession of the United States that does not impose a generally applicable income tax).</p>]]></summary-text>
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