[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1586 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1586

              To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2007

Mr. Thornberry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
              To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Death Tax Repeal Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes) is hereby 
repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to estates of decedents dying, gifts made, and generation-skipping 
transfers made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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