[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 543 Introduced in House (IH)]






107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 543

Expressing the sense of the House that Congress should complete action 
          on H.R. 4019, making marriage tax relief permanent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2002

   Mr. Weller (for himself and Mr. Hastert) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House that Congress should complete action 
          on H.R. 4019, making marriage tax relief permanent.

Whereas there are more than 36,000,000 American working couples that are 
        affected by the unfair marriage tax penalty;
Whereas this unfair tax punishes our society's most basic institution by 
        discouraging couples from getting married;
Whereas this burdensome tax forces married couples to pay higher taxes than they 
        would if they were single;
Whereas a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4019 
        on June 13, 2002, permanently extending the marriage penalty relief 
        provided by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
        2001;
Whereas failure to enact permanent marriage tax relief will reimpose the unfair 
        marriage tax penalty after 2010 on more than 36,000,000 married working 
        couples;
Whereas permanent marriage tax penalty relief will encourage and promote the 
        values of marriage, family and hard work; and
Whereas the Senate has not passed H.R. 4019 or equivalent legislation: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Congress should complete action on H.R. 4019 and the Congress 
should present it to the President prior to adjournment of the 107th 
Congress so that 36,000,000 married couples can benefit from permanent 
marriage penalty tax relief.
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