PRINTER'S NO. 4518
No. 895 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY REICHLEY, MUSTIO, GEORGE, READSHAW, ARMSTRONG,
BAKER, BOYD, BUNT, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CAWLEY, DeWEESE,
FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FORCIER, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN,
HARHART, HARRIS, HERSHEY, JAMES, KOTIK, LEDERER, LEH,
MACKERETH, METCALFE, MILLARD, S. MILLER, O'NEILL, PAYNE,
PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, ROBERTS, SATHER, SAYLOR,
SOLOBAY, STABACK, R. STEVENSON, T. STEVENSON, WASHINGTON,
WATSON, WILT, YOUNGBLOOD AND MARSICO, OCTOBER 18, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, OCTOBER 18, 2004
A RESOLUTION
1 Requesting the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation to work to
2 permanently abolish the death tax.
3 WHEREAS, Under tax relief legislation passed in 2001, the
4 death tax was temporarily phased out but not permanently
5 eliminated; and
6 WHEREAS, Farmers and other small business owners face losing
7 their farms and businesses if the Federal Government resumes the
8 heavy taxation of citizens at death; and
9 WHEREAS, The death tax is particularly damaging to families
10 who are trying to accumulate wealth for the first time; and
11 WHEREAS, Employees suffer layoffs when small or medium
12 businesses are liquidated to pay death taxes; and
13 WHEREAS, Having repeatedly passed in each house of the
14 Congress of the United States, repeal of the death tax holds
15 wide bipartisan support; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
2 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania request the Pennsylvania
3 Congressional Delegation to support, work to pass and vote for
4 the immediate and permanent repeal of the death tax; and be it
5 further
6 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
7 the members of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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