To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the medical device tax, and for other purposes.

Repeals the excise tax on medical devices enacted by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Rescinds the unobligated balance of the discretionary appropriations made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5615 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5615

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the medical device 
                      tax, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2010

 Mr. Bilbray introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the medical device 
                      tax, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE TAX.

    Section 1405 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 
2010, and the amendments made by such section, are hereby repealed, and 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied and administered as 
if such section and amendments had never been enacted.

SEC. 2. REVENUE OFFSET.

    Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the unobligated 
balance of the discretionary appropriations made available by division 
A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111-5) is hereby rescinded.
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