I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 184 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax 
on medical devices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. PAULSEN (for himself, Mr. KIND, Mr. POLIQUIN, Ms. FOXX, Ms. SINEMA, 
Mr. JONES, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. HARPER, Mr. MESSER, 
Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
BROOKS of Alabama, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. LANCE, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. REED, Mr. HILL, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 
DENHAM, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. 
ROYCE of California, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mrs. BLACK-
BURN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. KNIGHT, 
Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. KING 
of Iowa, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, 
Mr. VALADAO, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. HOLDING, 
Mr. COMER, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. 
LAHOOD, Mr. LONG, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. OLSON, Mr. BARTON, Mr. DUFFY, 
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. 
YOHO, Mr. UPTON, Mr. MARINO, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. 
ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. 
BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. COLE, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. BUCK, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. WENSTRUP, 
Mr. WOODALL, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. 
PALMER, Mr. ROSS, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. WALK-
ER, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. THOMPSON of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. TROTT, Mr. 
WALBERG, Mr. FLORES, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. 
RICE of South Carolina, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. YOUNG of 
Alaska, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. 
MOULTON, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. BABIN, 
Mr. BLUM, Mr. BRAT, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. 
LOUDERMILK, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. 
MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. TIP-
TON, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. BARR, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. FORTEN-
BERRY, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mrs. HARTZLER, 
Mr. BOST, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. AMODEI, Ms. 
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STEFANIK, Mr. PERRY, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. BANKS of In-
diana, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. DONOVAN, 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. CULBER-
SON, Mr. STEWART, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DUNCAN of Ten-
nessee, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. 
KATKO, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. DENT, Ms. 
BEUTLER, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
LUETKEMEYER, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. HURD, Mr. YODER, Mrs. 
BLACK, Mr. NUNES, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. 
COOK, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. PETERS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
CORREA, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 
EMMER, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. RENACCI, 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. MULLIN, 
Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp-
shire, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. CURBELO of 
Florida, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. LATTA, Mr. BERA, Mr. MUR-
PHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, 
Mr. BYRNE, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. CALVERT, 
Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
WALZ, 
Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, 
Ms. 
CLARK
of 
Massachusetts, 
Mr. 
SCHWEIKERT, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. NOLAN, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. 
GRANGER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. CHAFFETZ, and Mr. FASO) 
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 2017’’. 
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