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S.56
Sponsor: Sen Kyl, Jon (introduced 1/19/1999)
Latest Major Action: 1/19/1999 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers.
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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.
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COSPONSORS(26), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Allard, Wayne - 1/19/1999 Sen Ashcroft, John - 1/19/1999
Sen Bennett, Robert F. - 2/3/1999 Sen Bunning, Jim - 1/22/1999
Sen Burns, Conrad R. - 1/19/1999 Sen Cochran, Thad - 1/19/1999
Sen Coverdell, Paul - 1/19/1999 Sen Crapo, Michael D. - 1/19/1999
Sen DeWine, Michael - 6/17/1999 Sen Enzi, Michael B. - 1/19/1999
Sen Gorton, Slade - 2/3/2000 Sen Gramm, Phil - 1/19/1999
Sen Grams, Rod - 1/19/1999 Sen Hagel, Chuck - 1/19/1999
Sen Helms, Jesse - 1/19/1999 Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey - 1/19/1999
Sen Inhofe, James M. - 1/19/1999 Sen Mack, Connie - 1/19/1999
Sen McConnell, Mitch - 5/18/1999 Sen Murkowski, Frank H. - 1/19/1999
Sen Roberts, Pat - 1/19/1999 Sen Sessions, Jeff - 1/19/1999
Sen Shelby, Richard C. - 4/26/1999 Sen Smith, Bob - 1/19/1999
Sen Smith, Gordon - 3/8/1999 Sen Thomas, Craig - 1/19/1999

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

Family Heritage Preservation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the estate tax, gift tax, and tax on generation-skipping transfers.