IA

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 111

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with

respect to tax limitations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 26, 1998

Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr.

ANDREWS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BAKER, Mr.

BALLENGER, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr.

BASS, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. BLUNT, Mr.

BOEHNER, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. BURR of North Carolina,

Mr. BRADY, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr.

CALVERT, Mr. CAMP, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. CHABOT, Mr.

CHAMBLISS, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. COBLE, Mr.

COBURN, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. COOK, Mr.

COOKSEY, Mr. COX of California, Mr. CRANE, Mr. CRAPO, Mrs. CUBIN,

Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. DANNER, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. DELAY, Mr.

DICKEY, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. DUNCAN, Ms. DUNN, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr.

ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. EWING, Mr.

FOLEY, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mrs.

FOWLER, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr.

GALLEGLY, Mr. GANSKE, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GINGRICH,

Mr. GOODE, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. GORDON, Mr.

GRAHAM, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HASTERT,

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr.

HERGER, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. HUNTER,

Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. JOHN, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JONES, Mr. KASICH,

Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KIM, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. KLUG, Mr.

KNOLLENBERG, MR. LAHOOD, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. LEWIS

of California, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LINDER, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. METCALF, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCCRERY,

Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MICA,

Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. NEUMANN,

Mr. NEY, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. PACKARD,

Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. PARKER, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PAXON, Mr. PETERSON of

Pennsylvania, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POMBO, Mr. PORTER, Ms.

PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr.

RIGGS, Mr. RILEY, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. ROGAN, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr.
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ROYCE, Mr. RYUN, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SKEEN, Mr.

SMITH of Michigan, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mrs.

LINDA SMITH of Washington, Mr. SNOWBARGER, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr.

SOUDER, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr.

TALENT, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. TAYLOR of North

Carolina, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. UPTON, Mr.

WAMP, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. WELDON of Florida,

Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WELLER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WICKER, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the following joint resolution;

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United

States with respect to tax limitations.

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two3 thirds of each House concurring therein), That the follow4 ing article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitu5 tion of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents

6 and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by

7 the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States with8 in seven years after the date of its submission for ratifica9 tion:

10 ‘‘ARTICLE—

11 ‘‘SECTION 1. A bill to increase the internal revenue

12 shall require for final adoption in each House the concur13 rence of two-thirds of the whole number of that House,

14 unless that bill is determined at the time of adoption, in
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1 a reasonable manner prescribed by law, not to increase

2 the internal revenue by more than a de minimis amount.

3 ‘‘SECTION 2. The Congress may waive the require4 ments of this article when a declaration of war is in effect.

5 The Congress may also waive this article when the United

6 States is engaged in military conflict which causes an im7 minent and serious threat to national security and is so

8 declared by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of

9 the whole number of each House, which becomes law. Any

10 increase in the internal revenue enacted under such a

11 waiver shall be effective for not longer than two years.

12 ‘‘SECTION 3. Congress shall enforce and implement

13 this article by appropriate legislation.’’.

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