[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 167 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 167

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
             limit the judicial power of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 1996

    Mr. Talent 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 
             limit the judicial power of the United States.

    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 --

    ``The judicial power of the United States shall not include the 
power to require any of the several States, the District of Columbia, 
or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States to 
levy or increase any tax.''.
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