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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 523 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 523

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

                            February 6, 2013

  Mr. Paulsen (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Gerlach, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. 
 Dent, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. 
Tiberi, Mr. Owens, Mr. Young of Indiana, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Rokita, Mr. 
  Capuano, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Peters of California, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
Texas, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Price of Georgia, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. 
  Boustany, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Reichert, Mr. 
Walz, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Roskam, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Schock, 
    Mr. Barrow of Georgia, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Maffei, Mr. Griffin of 
Arkansas, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Nolan, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Ellmers, 
  Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Barr, Mr. Barton, Mr. 
   Benishek, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mrs. 
Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
    Campbell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Carter, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
 Chaffetz, Mr. Coble, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Cole, Mr. Collins of New York, 
 Mr. Conaway, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
Denham, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Farenthold, 
Mr. Fincher, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Flores, 
  Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. 
Gibson, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Gosar, 
Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. Grimm, 
Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Harper, Mr. Harris, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Heck 
 of Nevada, Mr. Holding, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. 
Hultgren, Mr. Issa, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Jones, Mr. Joyce, Mr. King 
   of Iowa, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Kline, Mr. 
 LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Lance, Mr. Latham, Mr. Latta, Mr. Long, Mr. 
    Lucas, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Marino, Mr. Massie, Mr. McCaul, Mr. 
McKinley, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Messer, Mr. Mica, Mrs. 
   Miller of Michigan, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
    Neugebauer, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Olson, Mr. 
 Palazzo, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. 
 Posey, Mr. Radel, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. 
  Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Ross, Mr. Royce, Mr. 
       Scalise, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
Sensenbrenner, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Stewart, Mr. 
   Stivers, Mr. Terry, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tipton, Mr. 
Turner, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Walden, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Weber 
 of Texas, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. 
    Whitfield, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Young of 
 Florida, Mr. Amash, Mr. Upton, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Keating, 
   Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Bishop of Utah, and Mr. Perry) 
 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 
2013''.

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, 2012.
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