Death Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 114-hr-173
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Death Tax Repeal Act</strong></p> <p>Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 173 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2015 Mr. Thornberry (for himself, Mr. McClintock , Mr. Sessions , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Cook , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Huizenga of Michigan , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Olson , Ms. Granger , Mr. Lance , Mr. Conaway , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Turner , Mr. Womack , Mr. Yoho , Mr. Massie , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Jones , Mr. Culberson , Mr. Goodlatte , Mr. Bilirakis , and Mr. Miller of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Death Tax Repeal Act . 2. Repeal of estate and gift taxes (a) In general Subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes) is hereby repealed. (b) Effective date The repeal made by subsection (a) shall apply to estates of decedents dying, gifts made, and generation-skipping transfers made after the date of the enactment of this Act.