[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 16 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 16

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
               repeal the sixteenth article of amendment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2005

 Mr. King of Iowa 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 
               repeal the sixteenth article of amendment.

    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 --

    ``The sixteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States is hereby repealed.''.
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