House resolution · 109th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5638) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000 and to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2006
- Committee actionJun 21, 2006
- Passed HouseJun 22, 2006 · 228–194
Latest action: Jun 22, 2006 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 885.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-517 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/517
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 885, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hres/885
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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