[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 15 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 15

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
                prohibit retroactive increases in taxes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 18, 1999

Mr. Coverdell introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
                prohibit retroactive increases in taxes.

    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 by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No new Federal tax, and no increase in a Federal tax, 
shall take effect before the date of enactment of the new tax or 
increase.
    ``Section 2. This article takes effect on the date of its 
ratification.''.
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