I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 523 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax 
on medical devices. 
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. SE-
WELL 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 Michi-
gan, 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. 
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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 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Medical Inno-
vation Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISE TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 32 of the Internal Rev-
enue 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. 
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sub-
chapters for chapter 32 of such Code is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to subchapter E. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to sales after December 31, 2012. 
Æ 
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