Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2005

Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2005 - Makes permanent provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 which eliminate the marriage penalty in the standard deduction, the 15-percent tax bracket, and the earned income tax credit.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 78 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 78

               To make permanent marriage penalty relief.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2005

 Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Bunning, 
 Mr. Burns, Mr. Hagel, and Mr. Ensign) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
               To make permanent marriage penalty relief.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SUNSET ON MARRIAGE PENALTY RELIEF.

    Title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 
of 2001 (relating to sunset of provisions of such Act) shall not apply 
to sections 301, 302, and 303 of such Act (relating to marriage penalty 
relief).
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