[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 247 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 247

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a point 
of order against considering any provision of any measure that contains 
                      a retroactive tax increase.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 1993

   Mr. Ramstad (for himself, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Armey, Mr. Hyde, Mr. 
McCollum, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Archer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
 Coble, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Kim, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Canady, Mr. Barton of 
Texas, Mr. Herger, Mr. Spence, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
Rohrabacher, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Goss, Mrs. Fowler, 
 Mr. Baker of California, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Wolf, Mr. McMillan, 
 Mr. Nussle, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Royce, Mr. 
Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Gallo, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Cox, Mr. Camp, Mr. 
Myers of Indiana, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Sundquist, Mr. Stump, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
 Buyer, Mr. Linder, Mr. Upton, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. King, 
 Mr. Walker, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Fields of Texas, Mr. Roth, 
  Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Blute, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
Gekas, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
 Hansen, Mr. Thomas of Wyoming, Mr. Condit, Mr. Klug, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
 Torkildsen, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Weldon, Mr. Mica, Mr. 
 Schaefer, Mr. Porter, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Talent, Mr. Skeen, 
Mr. Boehner, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Penny, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Portman, Mr. Grams, 
   Mr. Machtley, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Solomon, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
Bereuter, Mr. Hastert, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Horn, Mr. Franks of Connecticut, 
   Ms. Snowe, Mr. Zeliff, Mr. Dornan, and Mr. Hobson) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a point 
of order against considering any provision of any measure that contains 
                      a retroactive tax increase.

    Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
    ``8. No bill or joint resolution carrying any provision providing 
for a retroactive tax increase shall be reported in the House, nor 
shall an amendment in the House or proposed by the Senate carrying a 
retroactive tax measure be in order during the consideration of a bill 
or joint resolution. A question of order under this clause may be 
raised at any time.''.

                                 <all>