H.R. 177, The Death Tax Repeal Act (1 comment ↓)
- This item is from the 112th Congress (2011-2012) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
- This bill, or a similar bill, was reintroduced in the current Congress as H.R. 147, The Death Tax Repeal Act.
H.R. 177 would repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
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Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 1/5/2011: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Costs: $0.00 per
and increases their $162,301.27 share of the national debt by $0.00.
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See Who Sponsored and Cosponsored This Bill
- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX-13th district) (sponsor)
- Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ-8th district)
- Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV-3rd district)
- Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ-4th district)
- Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ-3rd district)
- Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL-15th district)
- Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14th district)
- Rep. John Fleming (R-LA-4th district)
- Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI-7th district)
- Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA-6th district)
- Rep. John Culberson (R-TX-7th district)
- Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX-4th district)
- Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL-4th district)
- Rep. Richard Nugent (R-FL-11th district)
- Rep. J. Forbes (R-VA-4th district)
- Rep. K. Conaway (R-TX-11th district)
- Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN-4th district)
- Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH-10th district)
- Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS-3rd district)
- Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI-8th district)
- Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX-22nd district)
- Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA-10th district)
- Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS-4th district)
- Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC-7th district)
- Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ-6th district)
- Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC-1st district)
- Rep. John Duncan (R-TN-2nd district)
- Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX-32nd district)
- Rep. Robert Wittman (R-VA-1st district)
- Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI-10th district)
- Rep. Thomas Rooney (R-FL-17th district)
- Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX-21st district)
- Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA-49th district)
- Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY-11th district)
- Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX-6th district)
- Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY-5th district)
- Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL-5th district)
- Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3rd district)
- Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH-6th district)
- Rep. Shelley Capito (R-WV-2nd district)
- Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL-3rd district)
- Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA-3rd district)
- Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC-2nd district)
- Rep. F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5th district)
- Rep. C. Young (R-FL-13th district)
- Rep. David Roe (R-TN-1st district)
- Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD-1st district)
- Rep. Don Young (R-AK-at large)
- Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX-5th district)
- Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3rd district)
- Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA-1st district)
- Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL-6th district)
- Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX-2nd district)
- Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX-17th district)
- Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO-6th district)
- Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC-3rd district)
- Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ-11th district)
See Related Bills:
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (H.R. 143)
- The Death Tax Repeal Act (S. 3403) (more recent activity!)
- The Death Tax Repeal Act (H.R. 6279) (more recent activity!)
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Mr. G
September 29, 2011, 2:22pm (report abuse)There should be no death tax's on money and property that I've already paid tax's on. Let me at least be able to pass my assets on to whomever tax free.