[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 70 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 70

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
                    abolish the Federal income tax.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 1997

Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. 
  Hall of Texas, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Largent, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
Thomas, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Tauzin, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Paul, 
Mr. Skeen, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
Hastert, Mr. Herger, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Spence, and Mr. Ensign) 
 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 
                    abolish the Federal income tax.

    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. Three years after the ratification of this article of 
amendment, the sixteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States is repealed, and the Congress shall have no power to 
lay and collect taxes on incomes, except in time of war declared by the 
Congress.
    ``Section 2. Not later than 180 days after the ratification of the 
article of amendment proposed by this joint resolution, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
recommendations for any legislation that may be necessary to implement 
that article.''.
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