[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 725 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 725

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage 
                   penalty in the standard deduction.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 1999

Mr. Kleczka (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Neal 
of Massachusetts, and Mr. Matsui) introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage 
                   penalty in the standard deduction.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF MARRIAGE PENALTY IN STANDARD DEDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 63(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to standard deduction) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$5,000'' in subparagraph (A) and 
        inserting ``twice the dollar amount in effect under 
        subparagraph (C) for the taxable year'',
            (2) by adding ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (B),
            (3) by striking ``in the case of'' and all that follows in 
        subparagraph (C) and inserting ``in any other case.'', and
            (4) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (b) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Subparagraph (B) of section 1(f)(6) of such Code is 
        amended by striking ``(other than with'' and all that follows 
        through ``shall be applied'' and inserting ``(other than with 
        respect to sections 63(c)(4) and 151(d)(4)(A)) shall be 
        applied''.
            (2) Paragraph (4) of section 63(c) of such Code is amended 
        by adding at the end the following flush sentence:
        ``The preceding sentence shall not apply to the amount referred 
        to in paragraph (2)(A).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1998.
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