[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 114 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 114

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
    relative to construing provisions of law as having been enacted 
      pursuant to the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2012

    Mr. Quayle 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 
    relative to construing provisions of law as having been enacted 
      pursuant to the power of Congress to lay and collect 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:

                              ``Article--

    ``No provision of law shall be construed as having been made in 
execution of the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes unless such 
provision is explicitly designated by Congress as a tax in such 
provision.''.
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