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S.38
Sponsor: Sen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse (introduced 1/19/1999)
Latest Major Action: 1/19/1999 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
1/19/1999:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(15), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Bunning, Jim - 5/13/1999 Sen Burns, Conrad R. - 2/22/1999
Sen Cochran, Thad - 1/25/1999 Sen Coverdell, Paul - 4/27/1999
Sen DeWine, Michael - 4/22/1999 Sen Gorton, Slade - 2/22/2000
Sen Grams, Rod - 3/8/1999 Sen Grassley, Charles E. - 4/15/1999
Sen Hutchinson, Y. Tim - 3/2/1999 Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey - 1/19/1999
Sen Mack, Connie - 1/19/1999 Sen McConnell, Mitch - 5/18/1999
Sen Santorum, Rick - 5/13/1999 Sen Sessions, Jeff - 3/8/1999
Sen Shelby, Richard C. - 4/27/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
1/19/1999--Introduced.

Estate and Gift Tax Rate Reduction Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to phase out the estate and gift tax over a ten-year period.