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Estate Tax bill
To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.
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- Popular: Estate Tax bill.
- Short: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 as introduced.
- Short: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 as passed house.
- Official: To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent. as introduced.
4/13/2005--Passed House, without amendment. (There is 1 other summary)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 - Declares that the sunset provisions of the Economic GrowtSee Full Bill Text
Amendments to H.R.8
| Number |
Status |
Purpose |
| H.Amdt69 |
Fail |
An amendment in the nature of a substitute to immediately eliminate the estate tax for most estates; to increase the estate tax exclusion to $3 million, effective January 1, 2004; to partially offset the cost of increasing the exclusion by freezing existing estate tax rates, eliminating the ability to claim valuation discounts by holding property through partnerships, and restoring the prior law phaseout of the benefit of the graduated rates and exclusion; to repeal the carryover basis rules contained in the 2001 tax bill, and in doing so, continue the favorable current law step-up in basis rules that eliminate capital gains taxes on increases in value before death. |
| S.Amdt.4194 |
Offered |
Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4195 |
Offered |
Amendment information not available. |
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House |  | Voted on by Senate |  | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| February 17, 2005 | April 13, 2005 | June 08, 2006 | | |
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- Jun 08, 2006: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
- Failed roll in the Senate on Jun 08, 2006. Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 41. Record Vote Number: 164.
- Jun 07, 2006: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
- Jun 06, 2006: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
- Sep 07, 2005: Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 84.
- Sep 06, 2005: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Jul 29, 2005: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
- Added to calendar on Apr 20, 2005: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 84..
- Apr 19, 2005: Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Apr 14, 2005: Received in the Senate.
- Passed roll in the House on Apr 13, 2005. On passage Passed by recorded vote: 272 - 162 (Roll no. 102).
- Apr 13, 2005: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 202.
- Apr 13, 2005: Rule H. Res. 202 passed House.
- Apr 12, 2005: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 202 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order.
- Introduced on Feb 17, 2005.
- Feb 17, 2005: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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