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On the recordJanuary 24, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 215 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Death Tax Repeal Act of 2019''. SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ESTATE AND GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAXES. (a) Estate Tax Repeal.--Subchapter C of chapter 11 of subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 2210. TERMINATION. ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter shall not apply to the estates of decedents dying on or after the date of the enactment of the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2019. ``(b) Certain Distributions From Qualified Domestic Trusts.--In applying section 2056A with respect to the surviving spouse of a decedent dying before the date of the enactment of the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2019-- ``(1) section 2056A(b)(1)(A) shall not apply to distributions made after the 10-year period beginning on such date, and ``(2) section 2056A(b)(1)(B) shall not apply on or after such date.''. (b) Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Repeal.--Subchapter G of chapter 13 of subtitle B of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 2664. TERMINATION.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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