H.R. 8: Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005

109th Congress · introduced 2005-02-17 · Taxation · Latest: Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 41. Record Vote Number: 164. (consideration: CR S5628)

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Where it came from: introduced 2005-02-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 3 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 164 (2006): On the Cloture Motion, HR8 (2006-06-08), Cloture Motion Rejected. See all
Where it stands now: Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 41. Record Vote Number: 164. (consideration: CR S5628) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005

Plain summary

(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.)

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Official text

Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005

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

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9] · 206 cosponsors

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Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sam Graves (R-MO) and 146 more.

Recorded votes

House roll call 101 (2005): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8 (2005-04-13): Failed
House roll call 102 (2005): On Passage, HR8 (2005-04-13): Passed
Senate vote 164 (2006): On the Cloture Motion, HR8 (2006-06-08): Cloture Motion Rejected

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

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr8.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>

Record fed-us-cong109-hr8 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109