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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3364 
To prohibit the consideration of any bill, resolution, or amendment by Con-
gress 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truth in Taxation Act 
of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY OF CHANGES IN FEDERAL TAXES, 
FEES, AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 1, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 102 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 102a. Transparency of changes in Federal taxes, 
fees, and similar amounts. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each bill, resolution, or amend-
ment that would result in an increase or decrease (or both) 
in Federal taxes, fees, or any similar amounts shall include 
in the long title of such bill or resolution, or the heading 
of such amendment, a statement that such bill, resolution, 
or amendment will result in each such increase or decrease 
(or both). 
‘‘(b) FAILURE TO COMPLY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A failure to comply with 
subsection (a) shall give rise to a point of order in 
either House of Congress, which may be raised by 
any Senator during consideration in the Senate or 
any Member of the House of Representatives during 
consideration in the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) NONEXCLUSIVITY.—The availability of a 
point of order under this section shall not affect the 
availability of any other point of order. 
‘‘(c) DISPOSITION OF POINT OF ORDER IN THE SEN-
ATE.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Senator may raise a 
point of order that any matter is not in order under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any Senator may 
move to waive a point of order raised under 
paragraph (1) by an affirmative vote of three- 
fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn. 
‘‘(B) PROCEDURES.—For a motion to 
waive a point of order under subparagraph (A) 
as to a matter— 
‘‘(i) a motion to table the point of 
order shall not be in order; 
‘‘(ii) all motions to waive one or more 
points of order under this section as to the 
matter shall be debatable for a total of not 
more than 1 hour, equally divided between 
the Senator raising the point of order and 
the Senator moving to waive the point of 
order or their designees; and 
‘‘(iii) a motion to waive the point of 
order shall not be amendable. 
‘‘(d) DISPOSITION
OF POINT
OF ORDER
IN
THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a Member of the House 
of Representatives makes a point of order under this 
section, the Chair shall put the question of consider-
ation with respect to the proposition of whether any 
statement made under subsection (a) was adequate 
or, in the absence of such a statement, whether a 
statement is required under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—For a point of order 
under this section made in the House of Representa-
tives— 
‘‘(A) the question of consideration shall be 
debatable for 10 minutes, equally divided and 
controlled by the Member making the point of 
order and by an opponent, but shall otherwise 
be decided without intervening motion except 
one that the House of Representatives adjourn 
or that the Committee of the Whole rise, as the 
case may be; 
‘‘(B) in selecting the opponent, the Speak-
er of the House of Representatives should first 
recognize an opponent from the opposing party; 
and 
‘‘(C) the disposition of the question of con-
sideration with respect to a measure shall be 
considered also to determine the question of 
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consideration under this section with respect to 
an amendment made in order as original text. 
‘‘(e) RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—The provisions of 
this section are enacted by the Congress— 
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 
part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 
that House to which they specifically apply, and 
such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex-
tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change such rules (so far 
as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 
any other rule of such House.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 2 of title 1, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 102 the following new item: 
‘‘102a. Transparency of changes in Federal taxes, fees, and similar amounts.’’. 
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