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H.R. 5970: | Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006 | 109th Congress 2005-2006 |
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes. OverviewSponsor: | | Text: | Summary
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Full Text | Status: |  | Introduced | Jul 28, 2006 | | Referred to Committee | View Committee Assignments | | Reported by Committee | Jul 31, 2006 | | Amendments (1 proposed) | View Amendments | | Passed House | Jul 29, 2006 |  | Senate Vote | (did not occur) | | Signed by President | (did not occur) |
This bill never became law.
This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions
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Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate
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| Last Action: | Aug 3, 2006:
Motion by Senator Frist to reconsider the vote by which the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5970 was not agreed to (Roll Call No. 229) entered in Senate. | Other Titles: | -- Minimum Wage bill -- Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2006 | Related: | See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms
that have been applied to this bill.
Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned. | Votes: | Jul 29, 2006:
This bill passed in the House of Representatives by roll call vote.
The totals were 230 Ayes, 180 Nays, 23 Present/Not Voting.
Vote Details.
Aug 3, 2006:
This bill failed a cloture motion, preventing consideration of the bill, in the Senate by roll call vote.
The totals were 56 Ayes, 42 Nays, 2 Present/Not Voting.
Vote Details.
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About GovTrack.us. H.R. 5970--109th Congress: Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006.
(2006).
In GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation).
Retrieved Nov 22, 2009, from
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"H.R. 5970--109th Congress: Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006."
GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation).
2006.
Nov 22, 2009
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