[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 177 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 177

              To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2011

Mr. Thornberry (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Bachus, 
 Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Olson, Mr. Rogers of 
Kentucky, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Hall, Mr. Fleming, Mr. 
Broun of Georgia, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
Smith of Texas, and Mr. Culberson) 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''.

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repealed.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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