[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 45 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 45

  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 14, 1999

   Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
 Largent, Mr. Cox, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mrs. 
 Myrick, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
  Tancredo, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
Schaffer, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Cooksey, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Barr of Georgia, 
   Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Camp, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
 Chambliss, Mr. Herger, Mr. Linder, Mr. Stump, Mr. Everett, Mr. DeLay, 
Mr. Bonilla, and Mr. Skeen) 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the United States is repealed, and the Congress shall have no power to 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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