Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the sixteenth article of amendment.

Bill: 116-hjres-47
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-02-22
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

General taxation matters
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Constitutional Amendment</b> </p> <p> This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution (authorizing taxation of income).</p>

tv_txt: IA 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 47 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 22, 2019 Mr. King of Iowa submitted 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 to repeal the sixteenth article of amendment.

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submission for ratification:  — The sixteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. .