Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 - Declares that the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, which terminate its application to estates of decedents dying, gifts made, or generation skipping transfers, after December 31, 2010, shall not in fact apply to title V of such Act, which repeals estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. (Thus makes the repeal of such taxes permanent.)

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 8

            To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2005

    Mr. Hulshof (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Herger, Mr. Shaw, Mr. 
      McCrery, Mr. Camp, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. English of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Weller, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. 
  Foley, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. 
   Cantor, Ms. Hart, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. 
Abercrombie, Mr. Akin, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baker, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
Mr. Bass, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. 
  Blackburn, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Bradley of New 
Hampshire, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Cannon, Mrs. Capito, 
   Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Cox, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. 
   Culberson, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ehlers, Mrs. 
   Emerson, Mr. Everett, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. Fossella, Mr. 
 Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Goode, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Graves, Ms. Harris, 
Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. LaHood, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Lucas, 
Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. McCotter, 
Mr. McHugh, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Matheson, Mrs. 
  Miller of Michigan, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Miller of 
 Florida, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Otter, 
Mr. Pearce, Mr. Pence, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Platts, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Rogers 
 of Kentucky, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Sessions, 
Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Souder, Mr. Stearns, 
Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Terry, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. 
  Turner, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
  Wicker, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and Mr. Wolf) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
            To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.

    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 ``Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. ESTATE TAX REPEAL MADE PERMANENT.

    Section 901 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation 
Act of 2001 shall not apply to title V of such Act.
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