[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 74 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 74

       To provide permanent tax relief from the marriage penalty.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 6, 2009

Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Cornyn, and 
  Mr. Ensign) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
       To provide permanent tax relief from the marriage penalty.

    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 ``Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SUNSET ON MARRIAGE PENALTY RELIEF.

    Title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 
of 2001 (relating to sunset of provisions of such Act) shall not apply 
to--
            (1) sections 301, 302, and 303 of such Act (relating to 
        marriage penalty relief), and
            (2) sections 101(b) and 101(c) of the Working Families Tax 
        Relief Act of 2004 (relating to marriage penalty relief in the 
        standard deduction and 15-percent income tax bracket, 
        respectively).
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