[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 16 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 16

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 limit the power of Congress to impose a tax on a failure to purchase 
                           goods or services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2013

 Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Inhofe, 
  Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Thune) 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 
 limit the power of Congress to impose a tax on a failure to purchase 
                           goods or services.

    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--

    ``Congress shall make no law that imposes a tax on a failure to 
purchase goods or services.''.
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