[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1041 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1041

            To terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 1999

 Mr. Largent (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Armey, 
    Mr. Bachus, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. 
Bilirakis, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Bryant, Mr. 
    Burr of North Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
 Campbell, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Cunningham, 
 Mr. Cook, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Cox, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. 
 DeLay, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Duncan, Ms. Dunn, Mrs. Emerson, 
  Mr. English, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Foley, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Fossella, Mrs. 
 Fowler, Mr. Goode, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Goss, Mr. Graham, 
   Ms. Granger, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Hill of 
 Montana, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
 Hutchinson, Mr. Istook, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Kasich, Mr. 
    Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Linder, Mr. 
 Manzullo, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McCollum, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Mica, Mr. Gary 
    Miller of California, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Ney, Mr. 
Norwood, Mr. Packard, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
  Pitts, Mr. Pombo, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Riley, Mr. 
  Royce, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. 
Sessions, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Smith of Michigan, 
   Mr. Souder, Mr. Spence, Mr. Stump, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. 
Tauzin, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
Weldon of Florida, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Young of Alaska) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
            To terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Date Certain Tax Code Replacement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to set a date certain for replacing the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with a simple and fair alternative.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.

    (a) In General.--No tax shall be imposed by the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986--
            (1) for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2002; 
        and
            (2) in the case of any tax not imposed on the basis of a 
        taxable year, on any taxable event or for any period after 
        December 31, 2002.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to taxes imposed 
by--
            (1) chapter 2 of such Code (relating to tax on self-
        employment income);
            (2) chapter 21 of such Code (relating to Federal Insurance 
        Contributions Act); and
            (3) chapter 22 of such Code (relating to Railroad 
        Retirement Tax Act).

SEC. 4. NEW FEDERAL TAX SYSTEM.

    (a) Structure.--The Congress hereby declares that any new Federal 
tax system should be a simple and fair system that--
            (1) applies a low rate to all Americans;
            (2) provides tax relief for working Americans;
            (3) protects the rights of taxpayers and reduces tax 
        collection abuses;
            (4) eliminates the bias against savings and investment;
            (5) promotes economic growth and job creation; and
            (6) does not penalize marriage or families.
    (b) Timing of Implementation.--In order to ensure an easy 
transition and effective implementation, the Congress hereby declares 
that any new Federal tax system should be approved by Congress in its 
final form no later than July 4, 2002.
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