[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 27 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 27

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
prohibiting the Federal Government from using the power of taxation to 
            compel someone to engage in commercial activity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2013

  Mr. Bentivolio 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 
prohibiting the Federal Government from using the power of taxation to 
            compel someone to engage in commercial activity.

    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 Congress shall not have the power to lay and collect taxes in 
order to compel any person or persons to engage in commercial activity, 
nor shall Congress have the power to lay and collect taxes from any 
person or persons for a failure to engage in any form of commercial 
activity.''.
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