House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2001
- Committee actionMar 29, 2001
- Passed HouseApr 4, 2001 · 274–154
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2002 — Returned to the Calendar. {pursuant to the order of April 23, 2002}.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act of 2001” on April 2, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 29, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13013
- CBO publication date
- April 2, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf4d970f515246a6911834b4557674b5ecdf63c6e76d1174b7180e68f392befe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act of 2001” on April 2, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 29, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13013
- CBO publication date
- April 2, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf4d970f515246a6911834b4557674b5ecdf63c6e76d1174b7180e68f392befe
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-37 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 3, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 3, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/37
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf4d970f515246a6911834b4557674b5ecdf63c6e76d1174b7180e68f392befe
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteProvisions of H.R. 8, the Death Tax Elimination Act, were included in H.R. 1836, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. H.R. 1836 became Public Law 107-16 on 6/7/2001.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf4d970f515246a6911834b4557674b5ecdf63c6e76d1174b7180e68f392befe
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
224 cosponsors — 193 Republicans, 31 Democrats
33 of 224 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA) and 194 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Dunn.
- H.R. 5512 (107th) Mount Rainier National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2002
- H.R. 1581 (107th) Reforestation Tax Act of 2001
- H.R. 1089 (107th) Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2001
- H.R. 1798 (107th) Medicare Patient Access to Preventive and Diagnostic Tests Act
- H.R. 744 (107th) Medical Research Investment Act of 2001
- H.R. 1711 (107th) Community Forestry and Agriculture Conservation Act of 2001
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.