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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2207 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax 

on medical devices. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. 

ALLEN, Mr. AMASH, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. ARRINGTON, 

Mr. BABIN, Mr. BACON, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. BANKS, Mr. 

BARR, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BERA, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. BOST, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. BRINDISI, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. BROOKS of 

Alabama, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. BUCK, Mr. 

BUCSHON, Mr. BUDD, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. BURGESS, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. 

BYRNE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. 

CHABOT, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. CLINE, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. COLE, Mr. COLLINS

of New York, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. COMER, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 

COOK, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COX of California, Mrs. CRAIG, Mr. CRAWFORD, 

Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CRIST, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. DAVIDSON of Ohio, Mr. 

RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESJARLAIS, 

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. DUNN, Mr. EMMER, 

Mr. ESTES, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. 

FLORES, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. FOXX of North Carolina, Mr. GAETZ, 

Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. 

GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. 

GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. GUEST, Mr. 

HAGEDORN, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. 

HILL of Arkansas, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Ms. 

HOULAHAN, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. 

HUIZENGA, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. 

JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. JOYCE

of Pennsylvania, Mr. KATKO, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. KELLY of 

Mississippi, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 

KING of Iowa, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER of 

New Hampshire, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. 

LAMALFA, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mrs. 

LESKO, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LONG, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. 


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LUETKEMEYER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 

Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. MAST, Mr. MCADAMS, 

Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 

MCKINLEY, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. MEUSER, 

Mrs. MILLER, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. 

MOULTON, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 

O’HALLERAN, Mr. OLSON, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. PALMER, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. 

PENCE, Mr. PERRY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. 

PORTER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. REED, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, 

Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. DAVID P. 

ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, 

Mr. ROUDA, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. SCALISE, 

Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of 

Georgia, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SHIMKUS, 

Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 

SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. SMUCKER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. STAUBER, Ms. 

STEFANIK, Mr. STEIL, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. STEWART, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. 

SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. THOMPSON of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. TIPTON, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. TURNER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. 

WAGNER, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. WALKER, Mrs. WALORSKI, 

Mr. WATKINS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. 

WENSTRUP, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. YOHO, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. 

ZELDIN, Mr. GUTHRIE, and Mr. MOOLENAAR) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 

the excise tax on medical devices. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Medical Inno5 vation Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISE TAX. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 32 of the Internal Rev3 enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subchapter E. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (1) Subsection (a) of section 4221 of such Code 

6 is amended by striking the last sentence. 

7 (2) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such 

8 Code is amended by striking the last sentence. 

9 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sub10 chapters for chapter 32 of such Code is amended by strik11 ing the item relating to subchapter E. 

12 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

13 this section shall apply to sales after December 31, 2019. 

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