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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 436 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 362
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 436

                          [Report No. 112-514]

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 25, 2011

    Mr. Paulsen (for himself, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Lee of New York, Mr. 
Gerlach, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Lance, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Rogers of 
  Michigan, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Kline, Mr. Cravaack, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. 
 Akin, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
Campbell, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Cole, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Dent, Mrs. Ellmers, 
    Mr. Fleming, Mr. Flores, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. 
   Goodlatte, Mr. Guinta, Mr. Harris, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
Marchant, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Poe of Texas, 
    Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Walsh of 
  Illinois, and Mr. Young of Indiana) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

                              June 5, 2012

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Calvert, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Dold, Mr. Gardner, 
Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. 
     Roskam, Mr. Posey, Mr. Stearns, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Thompson of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Frelinghuysen, 
   Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Royce, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Gosar, Mr. McKinley, Mr. 
  Upton, Mr. Platts, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Latta, Mr. 
 Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Rokita, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Barton of Texas, 
Mr. Boustany, Mr. Schock, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Berg, Mrs. Black, Mr. 
 Buchanan, Mr. Issa, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Olson, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, 
Mr. Guthrie, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
   Terry, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
  Scalise, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Ms. Hayworth, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
 Sullivan, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Paul, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Heck, Mr. 
Marino, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Yoder, Mr. Bass of New Hampshire, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
   Schilling, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. 
Hanna, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Carter, Mr. Simpson, 
Mr. Denham, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Heller, Mr. Harper, Mr. Hall, Mr. McCaul, 
 Mr. Fincher, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Critz, Mr. Pompeo, 
  Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
 Farenthold, Ms. Granger, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
 Thornberry, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Mulvaney, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
   Diaz-Balart, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Stivers, Mr. McHenry, Mr. 
Gibson, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of Utah, 
 Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Runyan, Mr. Labrador, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Quayle, 
 Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Austria, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Jones, Mr. Crenshaw, 
Mr. Southerland, Mr. Mack, Mr. Coble, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Mica, 
    Mr. Rehberg, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Matheson, Mr. 
    DesJarlais, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
 Huelskamp, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Graves of 
   Georgia, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Webster, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. 
   Tipton, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Reed, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Canseco, Mr. 
Womack, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Long, 
 Mr. McIntyre, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Donnelly of 
Indiana, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Walden, Mr. Lewis of 
 California, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Rivera, Mr. Landry, Mr. Duffy, Mr. West, 
 Mr. Amash, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Amodei, Mr. 
Bachus, Mr. Barletta, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Garrett, Mr. King of New York, 
   Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
Shuster, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Adams, Mr. Petri, Mr. Nunes, Mr. 
   Graves of Missouri, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
   Turner of New York, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
   Jordan, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
   Flake, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Latham, Mr. Ross of Arkansas, Ms. 
Herrera Beutler, Mr. Owens, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Boren, and Mr. Griffith of 
                                Virginia

                              June 5, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Medical Innovation 
Act of 2011''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISE TAX.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 4191 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is hereby repealed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendments.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Subsection (a) of section 4221 of such Code is 
        amended by striking the last sentence.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such Code 
        is amended by striking the last sentence.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of subchapters for 
chapter 32 of such Code is amended by striking the item relating to 
subchapter E.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Medical Innovation Act of 
2012''.

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.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 362

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 436

                          [Report No. 112-514]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                              June 5, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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