[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4192]
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  NOTICE OF INTENT TO OFFER RESOLUTION REGARDING CONSTITUTIONALITY OF 
                          TARGETED TAX BENEFIT

  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, under the rule IX, I rise to serve notice 
that I intend to offer the following resolution and read it into the 
Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized.
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Resolution: To preserve the constitutional role of the 
House of Representatives to originate revenue measures.
  Whereas, rule IX of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
provides that questions of privileges shall arise whenever the rights 
of the House collectively are affected;
  Whereas, under the precedents, customs, and traditions of the House, 
pursuant to rule IX, a question of privilege has arisen in cases 
involving the constitutional prerogatives of the House;
  Whereas section 7 of article 1 of the Constitution require that 
revenue measures originate in the House of Representatives; and
  Whereas the conference report on the bill, H.R. 831, contained a 
targeted tax benefit which was not contained in the bill as passed by 
the House of Representatives and which was not contained in the 
amendment of the Senate; Now, therefore be it
  Resolved, that the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
prepare and transmit, within 7 days after the date of the adoption of 
this resolution, a report to the House of Representatives containing 
the opinion of the Comptroller General on whether the addition of a 
targeted tax benefit by the conferees of the conference report on the 
bill, H.R. 831 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
permanently extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of 
self-employed individuals, to repeal the provision permitting 
nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of 
the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes) violates 
the requirement of the U.S. Constitution that all revenue measures 
originate in the House of Representatives.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's notice will appear in the 
Record.


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