[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 21 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 21

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2017

    Mr. Palazzo (for himself, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, and Mr. 
 Gohmert) submitted 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 
limit Congress' power 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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