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H.R. 8: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003

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H.R. 8: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003

108th Congress · introduced 2003-06-12 · Taxation · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-06-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 287 (2003): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8 (2003-06-18), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced on June 12, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003 - Declares that the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall not apply to Title V: Estate, Gift, and Generation-skipping Transfer Tax Provisions of such Act. (Makes the repeal of estate and generation-skipping taxes under the Internal Revenue Code, and certain reductions of the gift tax, permanent.)

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Official text

Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8] · 209 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joe Wilson (R-SC), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID) and 149 more.

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (1)
Inheritance tax
A tax on property a person receives from someone who has died, paid by the person who inherits it. Compare estate tax.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr8 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108