The suspension of the tax goes into effect retroactively, starting with Jan. 1 of this year.

The 2.3 percent tax first took effect in 2013 as part of the Affordable Care Act. Lawmakers passed a two-year suspension on the tax in 2015, but it expired at the end of last year.

The multi-billion dollar medical device industry in Indiana has been pressuring Congress to pass a permanent repeal of the 2.3 percent excise tax since it went into effect as part of the Affordable Care Act in 2013.

Indiana lawmakers have been trying to repeal the 2.3 percent levy for years.

The 2.3 percent tax helps offset costs of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, but life sciences companies have fought to repeal it for three years.

Leaders from Indiana's medical device industry and both of the state's U.S. senators hailed Congress' passage Friday of a more than $1 trillion spending bill. The measure temporarily halts a controversial medical device tax.