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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 6
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the marriage penalty
by providing for adjustments to the standard deduction, 15-percent rate
bracket, and earned income credit and to allow the nonrefundable per-
sonal credits against regular and minimum tax liability.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 15, 2001
Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. BARCIA, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. KERNS, Mr.
ADERHOLT, Mr. AKIN, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BAKER, Mr.
BALLENGER, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr.
BARTON of Texas, Mr. BASS, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BEREUTER, Ms. BERK-
LEY, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BLUNT, Mr.
BOEHNER, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BONILLA, Mrs. BONO, Mr. BRADY of
Texas, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. BURR of North
Carolina, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. CAL-
VERT, Mr. CAMP, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. CHABOT, Mr.
CHAMBLISS, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COLLINS, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. COMBEST, Mr.
COOKSEY, Mr. COX, Mr. CRANE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr.
CUNNINGHAM, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. DEAL of Georgia,
Mr. DEMINT, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DREIER, Mr. DUNCAN, Ms. DUNN,
Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. ENGLISH, Mrs. EMER-
SON, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr.
FOLEY, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr.
GEKAS, Mr. GANSKE, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GILMAN, Mr.
GOODE, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GORDON, Mr. GOSS, Mr. GRAHAM, Ms.
GRANGER, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr.
GRUCCI, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HANSEN, Ms. HART, Mr. HASTINGS of
Washington, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. HERGER,
Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HORN,
Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. HUNTER, Mr.
HUTCHINSON, Mr. HYDE, Mr. ISSA, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. JENKINS, Mrs.
JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of
Illinois, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. KELLER, Mrs. KELLY, Mr.
KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. KING, Mr. KINGSTON,
Mr. KIRK, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr.
LATOURETTE, Mr. LEACH, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LINDER, Mr.
LIPINSKI, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma, Mr. MALONEY of
Connecticut, Mr. MANZULLO, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr.
MCCRERY, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr.
MCINTYRE, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MICA, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. GARY
MILLER of California, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEY,
Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr.
OSBORNE, Mr. OSE, Mr. OTTER, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PENCE, Mr.
PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. PITTS, Mr.
PLATTS, Mr. POMBO, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. PUTNAM,
Mr. QUINN, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. REGULA, Mr.
REHBERG, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. RILEY, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. ROEMER,
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. ROHRABACHER,
Mr. ROYCE, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. SCAR-
BOROUGH, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. SENSEN-
BRENNER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SHAW, Mr. SHAYS, Mr.
SHERWOOD, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. SKEEN, Mr.
SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SOUDER,
Mr. SPENCE, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. SWEENEY,
Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr.
TERRY, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr.
UPTON, Mr. VITTER, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. WATKINS,
Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr.
WICKER, Mrs. WILSON, Mr. WOLF, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. YOUNG
of Alaska, Mr. WALSH, Mr. THORNBERRY, and Mr. CONDIT) 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 reduce
the marriage penalty by providing for adjustments to
the standard deduction, 15-percent rate bracket, and
earned income credit and to allow the nonrefundable
personal credits against regular and minimum tax liabil-
ity.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Marriage Tax Elimination Act of 2001’’.