[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 16 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 16

   To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 
           deduction of State and local general sales taxes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

 Mr. Baird (for himself, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Ms. 
Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Hensarling, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
  Texas, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Mack, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Lincoln 
    Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Dicks, Mr. McCaul, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
 Conaway, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Heller, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Paul, Mr. Wamp, 
   Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
    Rodriguez, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
 Culberson, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
Miller of Florida, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Stearns, 
    Mr. Smith of Texas, and Mr. Davis of Tennessee) 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 make permanent the 
           deduction of State and local general sales taxes.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF DEDUCTION OF STATE AND LOCAL GENERAL 
              SALES TAXES.

    Subparagraph (I) of section 164(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended by striking ``, and before January 1, 2010''.
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