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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 6, 2015)][Pages H47-H48]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JOLLY:H.R. 144.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H48]]Clause I, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United StatesConstitution which reads: ``The Congress shall have Power tolay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to paythe Debts, and provide for the common Defense and GeneralWelfare of the United States; but all Duties and Imposts andExcises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Alternative Maximum Tax Act or the Max Tax Act</strong> </p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an alternative maximum tax for a taxpayer other than a corporate taxpayer.&nbsp;Limits&nbsp;the tax to 50% of&nbsp;the taxpayer's adjusted gross income, calculated by adding all federal, state, and local taxes paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year and dividing that amount by the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. </p>]]></text>
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