Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require three-fifths majorities for bills increasing taxes.

Bill: 117-hjres-47
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-20
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Income tax rates

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority of the whole number of each House of Congress to levy a new tax or increase taxes. The resolution also requires all votes taken by either the House of Representatives or the Senate to be determined by the yeas and nays and names of their members and shall be entered on the journal of each chamber.</p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 47 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2021 Mr. Green of Tennessee 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 require three-fifths majorities for bills increasing taxes.

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: — 1. Any bill to levy a new tax or increase the rate or base of any tax may pass only by a three-fifths majority of the whole number of each House of Congress. 2. All votes taken by the House of Representatives or the Senate under this article shall be determined by yeas and nays and the names of persons voting for and against shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. .