United States · Bill · S
S. 205 (115th)
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017
Introduced
24 January 2017
Last action
24 January 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN], Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE], Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV], Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY], Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD], Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ], Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN], Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Death Tax Repeal Act of 201 7 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill also provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount.
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Timeline
24 January 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
24 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 24 January 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Farmers Against Crippling Taxes Act
- related to → Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017
- related to → Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017
- related to → Death Tax Repeal Act of 2019
- related to ← Death Tax Repeal Act
- related to ← Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/205
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/205
- us · 115-s-205 · source updated 11 August 2025