[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 62 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 62

 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with 
                      respect to tax limitations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1997

 Mr. Barton of Texas (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
Andrews, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Armey, Mr. Baker, 
Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
 Mr. Bass, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Bono, 
   Mr. Brady, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, Mr. Burton of 
    Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Camp, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. 
Christensen, Mr. Coble, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Collins, Mr. Combest, Mr. Cook, 
    Mr. Cooksey, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Crane, Mr. Deal of 
   Georgia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
   English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Frelinghuysen, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Goode, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
   Goodling, Mr. Graham, Ms. Granger, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Hansen, Mr. 
   Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
 Hilleary, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Istook, Mr. 
 Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kasich, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. LaHood, 
  Mr. Largent, Mr. Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. 
Manzullo, Mr. McCollum, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Mica, Mr. Miller 
  of Florida, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Packard, Mr. 
 Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
 Royce, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Bob 
Schaffer of Colorado, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
 Smith of Michigan, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mrs. 
 Smith of Washington, Mr. Spence, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stump, Mr. Talent, 
 Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, 
  Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
Pombo, Mr. Hunter, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Cannon, and Mr. Solomon) 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 with 
                      respect to tax limitations.

    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--

    ``Section 1. A bill to increase the internal revenue shall require 
for final adoption in each House the concurrence of two-thirds of the 
whole number of that House, unless that bill is determined at the time 
of adoption, in a reasonable manner prescribed by law, not to increase 
the internal revenue by more than a de minimis amount.
    ``Section 2. The Congress may waive the requirements of this 
article when a declaration of war is in effect. The Congress may also 
waive this article when the United States is engaged in military 
conflict which causes an imminent and serious threat to national 
security and is so declared by a joint resolution, adopted by a 
majority of the whole number of each House, which becomes law. Any 
increase in the internal revenue enacted under such a waiver shall be 
effective for not longer than two years.
    ``Section 3. Congress shall enforce and implement this article by 
appropriate legislation.''.
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