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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. TONKO:H.R. 2710.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts nd Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defense and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States.[Page H5781]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Fair and Impartial Reform Tax Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise income tax rates for individuals and increase such rates for taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes in excess of $500,000, (2) impose limits on and phaseouts of personal exemptions and itemized deductions for high income taxpayers, (3) increase the tax rate on net capital gains and dividend income, and (4) increase the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on the net capital gains of noncorporate taxpayers for taxable years beginning after 2011. </p> <p>Makes the general terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax&nbsp;Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA) (i.e., December 31, 2012) applicable to the amendments made by this Act. </p>]]></text>
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