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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3364 

To prohibit the consideration of any bill, resolution, or amendment by Congress unless a statement regarding increases or decreases in Federal 

taxes, fees, and similar amounts is included. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2021 

Mr. TAYLOR (for himself and Mr. CORREA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 

to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined 

by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 

within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To prohibit the consideration of any bill, resolution, or 

amendment by Congress unless a statement regarding 

increases or decreases in Federal taxes, fees, and similar 

amounts is included. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truth in Taxation Act 

5 of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY OF CHANGES IN FEDERAL TAXES, 

2 FEES, AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 1, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 102 the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘§ 102a. Transparency of changes in Federal taxes, 

7 fees, and similar amounts. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each bill, resolution, or amend9 ment that would result in an increase or decrease (or both) 

10 in Federal taxes, fees, or any similar amounts shall include 

11 in the long title of such bill or resolution, or the heading 

12 of such amendment, a statement that such bill, resolution, 

13 or amendment will result in each such increase or decrease 

14 (or both). 

15 ‘‘(b) FAILURE TO COMPLY.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A failure to comply with 

17 subsection (a) shall give rise to a point of order in 

18 either House of Congress, which may be raised by 

19 any Senator during consideration in the Senate or 

20 any Member of the House of Representatives during 

21 consideration in the House of Representatives. 

22 ‘‘(2) NONEXCLUSIVITY.—The availability of a 

23 point of order under this section shall not affect the 

24 availability of any other point of order. 

25 ‘‘(c) DISPOSITION OF POINT OF ORDER IN THE SEN26 ATE.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Senator may raise a 

2 point of order that any matter is not in order under 

3 subsection (a). 

4 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any Senator may 

6 move to waive a point of order raised under 

7 paragraph (1) by an affirmative vote of three8 fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn. 

9 ‘‘(B) PROCEDURES.—For a motion to 

10 waive a point of order under subparagraph (A) 

11 as to a matter— 

12 ‘‘(i) a motion to table the point of 

13 order shall not be in order; 

14 ‘‘(ii) all motions to waive one or more 

15 points of order under this section as to the 

16 matter shall be debatable for a total of not 

17 more than 1 hour, equally divided between 

18 the Senator raising the point of order and 

19 the Senator moving to waive the point of 

20 order or their designees; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) a motion to waive the point of 

22 order shall not be amendable. 

23 ‘‘(d) DISPOSITION OF POINT OF ORDER IN THE

24 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a Member of the House 

2 of Representatives makes a point of order under this 

3 section, the Chair shall put the question of consider4 ation with respect to the proposition of whether any 

5 statement made under subsection (a) was adequate 

6 or, in the absence of such a statement, whether a 

7 statement is required under subsection (a). 

8 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—For a point of order 

9 under this section made in the House of Representa10 tives— 

11 ‘‘(A) the question of consideration shall be 

12 debatable for 10 minutes, equally divided and 

13 controlled by the Member making the point of 

14 order and by an opponent, but shall otherwise 

15 be decided without intervening motion except 

16 one that the House of Representatives adjourn 

17 or that the Committee of the Whole rise, as the 

18 case may be; 

19 ‘‘(B) in selecting the opponent, the Speak20 er of the House of Representatives should first 

21 recognize an opponent from the opposing party; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(C) the disposition of the question of con24 sideration with respect to a measure shall be 

25 considered also to determine the question of 


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1 consideration under this section with respect to 

2 an amendment made in order as original text. 

3 ‘‘(e) RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—The provisions of 

4 this section are enacted by the Congress— 

5 ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

6 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re7 spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 

8 part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 

9 that House to which they specifically apply, and 

10 such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex11 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

12 ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

13 right of either House to change such rules (so far 

14 as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 

15 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 

16 any other rule of such House.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

18 at the beginning of chapter 2 of title 1, United States 

19 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

20 section 102 the following new item: 

‘‘102a. Transparency of changes in Federal taxes, fees, and similar amounts.’’. 

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