HRES 139
101th Congress
House
Taxation
Agricultural economics
Capital gains tax
Death and dying
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Family enterprises
Family farms
Farmers
Small business
Tax policy
Tax rates
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the future of America's family-owned farms and businesses would be jeopardized by any increase in estate taxes.
Introduced: April 26, 1989
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Became law
Apr 26, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 26, 1989
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that an increase in estate taxes or the imposition of a capital gains tax at death would, by virtue of negative effects on family farms and family businesses, do more damage to the U.S. economy than the increased revenue would justify.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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