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H.R.5315
Sponsor: Rep Tanner, John S. (introduced 9/27/2000)
Latest Major Action: 9/27/2000 Referred to House committee
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce estate and gift tax rates, and for other purposes.
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9/27/2000:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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COSPONSORS(99), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 9/27/2000 Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 10/19/2000
Rep Baca, Joe - 10/19/2000 Rep Baird, Brian - 10/19/2000
Rep Baldacci, John Elias - 10/19/2000 Rep Barcia, James A. - 10/19/2000
Rep Bentsen, Ken - 10/19/2000 Rep Berkley, Shelley - 10/19/2000
Rep Berry, Marion - 9/27/2000 Rep Bishop, Sanford D. Jr. - 9/28/2000
Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 10/19/2000 Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 10/19/2000
Rep Boucher, Rick - 10/19/2000 Rep Boyd, Allen - 9/27/2000
Rep Capps, Lois - 10/19/2000 Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 10/19/2000
Rep Clement, Bob - 10/19/2000 Rep Condit, Gary A. - 10/19/2000
Rep Costello, Jerry F. - 10/19/2000 Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud) Jr. - 9/27/2000
Rep Crowley, Joseph - 9/27/2000 Rep Danner, Pat - 9/27/2000
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 9/28/2000 Rep Deutsch, Peter - 10/19/2000
Rep Dooley, Calvin M. - 9/27/2000 Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 9/27/2000
Rep Edwards, Chet - 10/19/2000 Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 9/27/2000
Rep Etheridge, Bob - 10/19/2000 Rep Farr, Sam - 10/19/2000
Rep Forbes, Michael P. - 10/19/2000 Rep Ford, Harold, Jr. - 10/19/2000
Rep Gephardt, Richard A. - 10/19/2000 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 10/19/2000
Rep Gordon, Bart - 10/19/2000 Rep Green, Gene - 10/19/2000
Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 9/27/2000 Rep Hill, Baron P. - 9/27/2000
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben - 10/19/2000 Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 10/19/2000
Rep Holden, Tim - 9/27/2000 Rep Hooley, Darlene - 9/27/2000
Rep Hoyer, Steny H. - 10/19/2000 Rep Inslee, Jay - 10/19/2000
Rep Jefferson, William J. - 10/19/2000 Rep John, Christopher - 9/27/2000
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 10/19/2000 Rep Kind, Ron - 10/19/2000
Rep Klink, Ron - 10/19/2000 Rep Lampson, Nick - 10/19/2000
Rep Larson, John B. - 10/19/2000 Rep Lipinski, William O. - 10/19/2000
Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 9/27/2000 Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 10/19/2000
Rep Lucas, Ken - 9/27/2000 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 10/19/2000
Rep Maloney, James H. - 10/19/2000 Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 9/27/2000
Rep McCarthy, Karen - 10/19/2000 Rep McIntyre, Mike - 10/19/2000
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 10/19/2000 Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 10/19/2000
Rep Mollohan, Alan B. - 10/19/2000 Rep Moore, Dennis - 10/19/2000
Rep Moran, James P. - 10/19/2000 Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 10/19/2000
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. - 10/19/2000 Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 10/19/2000
Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 10/19/2000 Rep Phelps, David D. - 10/19/2000
Rep Pomeroy, Earl - 10/19/2000 Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 9/28/2000
Rep Reyes, Silvestre - 10/19/2000 Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - 10/19/2000
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 10/19/2000 Rep Sandlin, Max - 10/19/2000
Rep Sawyer, Tom - 10/19/2000 Rep Shows, Ronnie - 9/27/2000
Rep Sisisky, Norman - 9/27/2000 Rep Skelton, Ike - 9/28/2000
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 10/19/2000 Rep Smith, Adam - 9/27/2000
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. - 9/27/2000 Rep Stabenow, Debbie - 10/19/2000
Rep Stenholm, Charles W. - 9/27/2000 Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 9/27/2000
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 10/19/2000 Rep Thompson, Mike - 9/27/2000
Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 10/19/2000 Rep Turner, Jim - 9/27/2000
Rep Udall, Mark - 10/19/2000 Rep Udall, Tom - 10/19/2000
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 10/19/2000 Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 10/19/2000
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 10/19/2000 Rep Wise, Robert E., Jr. - 10/19/2000
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 10/19/2000 Rep Wu, David - 10/19/2000
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 10/19/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
9/27/2000--Introduced.

Death Tax Relief Now Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce the estate tax rates; (2) increase (and provide a cost of living adjustment for) the exemption equivalent of the unified credit; (3) repeal the family-owned business interests deduction provisions; (4) repeal provisions providing for a credit for State death taxes and provide for the deduction from an estate's value of State death taxes paid; and (5) increase the permissible number of partners or shareholders in a closely held business for purposes of eligibility for an extension of estate tax payments.