Permanent Marriage Equity Act of 2005

Permanent Marriage Equity Act of 2005 - Makes provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 that eliminate the marriage penalty in the standard deduction, the 15-percent tax bracket, and the earned income tax credit, permanent.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3384 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3384

               To make permanent marriage penalty relief.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2005

  Mr. Jindal introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
               To make permanent marriage penalty relief.

    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 ``Permanent Marriage Equity Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SUNSET ON MARRIAGE PENALTY RELIEF.

    Title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 
of 2001 (relating to sunset of provisions of such Act) shall not apply 
to sections 301, 302, and 303 of such Act (relating to marriage penalty 
relief).
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