[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 249 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 249

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
                 prohibit retroactive income taxation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1993

 Mr. Gilchrest (for himself, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Sundquist, Mr. Hyde, 
  Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Porter, Mr. Hancock, Mr. 
Rogers, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Thomas of Wyoming, Mr. Callahan, Mr. 
Kingston, Mr. Santorum, Mrs. Morella, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Ms. 
 Dunn, Mr. Allard, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Bilirakis, 
Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Weldon, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Spence, 
   Mr. Emerson, Mr. Gallo, Mr. DeLay, Mrs. Bentley, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
  Hansen, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Blute, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
Gekas, Mr. Schaefer, Mr. Regula, Mr. Franks of Connecticut, Mr. Fields 
   of Texas, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. King, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Sam 
Johnson of Texas, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Stump, Mr. Moorhead, 
 Mr. Boehner, Mr. Goss, Mr. Quillen, Mr. Combest, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. 
 Armey, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Clinger, Mr. 
 McHugh, Mr. Camp, Mr. Upton, Mr. Coble, Mr. Kasich, Mr. McCrery, Mr. 
 Solomon, Mr. Everett, Mr. McMillan, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mrs. Meyers of 
  Kansas, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Zeliff, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. 
Young of Alaska, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, 
 Mr. Packard, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, 
 Mr. McInnis, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Grams, and Mr. Greenwood) 
 introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
                 prohibit retroactive income taxation.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article --

    ``Congress shall not increase the rate of a tax levied, or impose a 
new tax, on income that is gained or realized before the date of the 
enactment of law that causes such increase or imposes such tax.''.

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