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HR 64 109th Congress House Taxation Estate tax Gift tax Inheritance tax

Family Heritage Preservation Act

Introduced: January 4, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Jan 4, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 4, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family Heritage Preservation Act - Repeals the Federal tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers.

What's happening now January 4, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 8 Related bill Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005
  • HR 183 Related bill To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.
  • S 420 Related bill Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 1 Republican 15
R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Feb 8, 2005
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Feb 8, 2005
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Feb 1, 2005
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 26, 2005
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Jan 25, 2005
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jan 25, 2005
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jan 25, 2005
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jan 25, 2005
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jan 4, 2005
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 4, 2005
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jan 4, 2005
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jan 4, 2005
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jan 4, 2005
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jan 4, 2005
Rodgers, Cathy
· Jan 4, 2005
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jan 4, 2005
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jan 4, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 64: Family Heritage Preservation Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-64/
MLA
"H.R. 64: Family Heritage Preservation Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-64/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 64, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-64/.
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[H.R. 64: Family Heritage Preservation Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-64/)
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