Title: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019
This bill repeals the excise tax on the sale of a medical device by the manufacturer, producer, or importer.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2207 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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. Barragan, 
 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. Cardenas, 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. 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

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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 
2019''.

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, 2019.
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