[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 184 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 184

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on 
                            medical devices.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

Mr. Paulsen (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Poliquin, Ms. Foxx, Ms. Sinema, 
  Mr. Jones, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Harper, Mr. Messer, Mrs. 
 Walorski, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brooks 
of Alabama, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Mr. Lance, Mr. Pearce, Mr. 
   Carter of Texas, Mr. Reed, Mr. Hill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Denham, Mrs. 
 Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Royce of California, 
Ms. McCollum, Mr. Westerman, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. McCaul, Mr. MacArthur, 
Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Knight, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Smith 
  of Missouri, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. 
 Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. 
Holding, Mr. Comer, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Wittman, Mr. 
  LaHood, Mr. Long, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Olson, Mr. Barton, Mr. Duffy, Mr. 
Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Conaway, Mr. LaMalfa, 
 Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Upton, 
   Mr. Marino, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
  Bilirakis, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. 
    Cole, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Buck, Mr. 
  Meadows, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. 
 Ratcliffe, Mr. Williams, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Ross, Mr. Carter of Georgia, 
 Mr. McHenry, Mr. Walker, Mr. Womack, Mr. Coffman, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. 
  Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. 
 Trott, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Flores, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Moolenaar, 
   Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Young of 
 Alaska, Mr. Young of Iowa, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Moulton, 
Ms. McSally, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Babin, Mr. Blum, Mr. Brat, 
 Mr. Gosar, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Huizenga, 
Mr. Russell, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. Guthrie, 
  Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Tipton, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Barr, Mr. Collins of 
 Georgia, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia, 
  Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Bost, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. 
Amodei, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Perry, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Banks of 
  Indiana, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Donovan, Mr. 
   Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
     Stewart, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. 
 Rohrabacher, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Katko, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. 
 Simpson, Mr. Walden, Mr. Dent, Ms. Beutler, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Massie, 
Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. 
 Posey, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Hurd, Mr. Yoder, Mrs. 
Black, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Thomas J. Rooney of Florida, Mrs. Love, Mr. Cook, 
  Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Speier, Mr. Diaz-
  Balart, Mr. Peters, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Correa, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. 
 Collins of New York, Mr. Issa, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Marchant, 
Mr. Reichert, Mr. Renacci, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Swalwell of 
  California, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Ms. 
Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Labrador, Mr. 
 Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Allen, Mr. Latta, Mr. Bera, Mr. 
Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee, Mr. 
Byrne, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Franks of 
Arizona, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Walz, Mr. Fitzpatrick, 
Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Nolan, 
 Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Granger, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Chaffetz, and 
  Mr. Faso) 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 repeal the excise tax on 
                            medical devices.

    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 ``Protect Medical Innovation Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISE TAX.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking subchapter E.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subsection (a) of section 4221 of such Code is amended 
        by striking the last sentence.
            (2) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such Code is 
        amended by striking the last sentence.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of subchapters for chapter 32 of 
such Code is amended by striking the item relating to subchapter E.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to sales after December 31, 2017.
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