United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 15 (108th)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.
Introduced
28 January 2003
Last action
6 March 2004 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Sponsors
Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14], Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ], Rep. Hostettler, John N. [R-IN-8]
Subjects
Rule of law, Taxation
Source updated
2 January 2025
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the United States from engaging in any business, professional, commercial, financial, or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution. Prohibits the constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of the United States, from being subject to the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement which would abrogate this amendment. Requires any activities of the U.S. Government which violate the intent and purposes of this amendment to be liquidated and the properties and facilities affected to be sold within three years from the date of ratification of this amendment. Repeals the sixteenth article of amendments to the Constitution three years after ratification of this amendment and thereafter prohibits Congress from levying taxes on personal incomes, estates, and/or gifts.
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Timeline
28 January 2003
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
28 January 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
28 January 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 March 2004
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 28 January 2003 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hostettler, John N. [R-IN-8] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-joint-resolution/15
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/15
- us · 108-hjres-15 · source updated 2 January 2025