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H.R.107
Sponsor: Rep Knollenberg, Joe (introduced 1/6/1999)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/1999 Referred to House committee
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in income tax on Social Security benefits, to repeal the earnings limitation on Social Security recipients, and to repeal the estate and gift taxes.
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1/6/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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COSPONSORS(21), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Bachus, Spencer - 7/24/2000 Rep Barcia, James A. - 4/20/1999
Rep Calvert, Ken - 2/8/1999 Rep Chambliss, Saxby - 2/8/1999
Rep Cooksey, John - 2/8/1999 Rep Cox, Christopher - 4/20/1999
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. - 3/17/1999 Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 5/11/1999
Rep Forbes, Michael P. - 2/8/1999 Rep Fossella, Vito - 5/11/1999
Rep Fowler, Tillie - 2/29/2000 Rep Hostettler, John N. - 2/8/1999
Rep Johnson, Sam - 2/8/1999 Rep Latham, Tom - 2/8/1999
Rep McKeon, Howard P. (Buck) - 5/6/1999 Rep Paul, Ron - 2/8/1999
Rep Peterson, John E. - 3/17/1999 Rep Sensenbrenner, James, Jr. - 2/25/1999
Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 7/10/2000 Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. - 3/17/1999
Rep Vitter, David - 3/9/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
1/6/1999--Introduced.

Senior Tax Relief Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to repeal the tax increase on social security benefits enacted by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993.

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.

Amends the IRC to repeal the estate tax, gift tax, and the tax on generation-skipping transfers.