[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 959 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 959

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
  consideration of a regulation of individual activity disguised as a 
                                  tax.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2009

Mr. Poe of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                       to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
  consideration of a regulation of individual activity disguised as a 
                                  tax.

    Resolved, That clause 5 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint 
resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying an increase in the 
amount of tax imposed on individuals under chapter 1 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 if such tax is determined by reference (directly 
or indirectly) to the gross income of the taxpayer and the imposition 
of the tax is based solely on the taxpayer's violation of a 
condition.''.
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