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.

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, within a period of three years from the date of the ratification of this amendment, be liquidated and the properties and facilities affected to be sold. Repeals, three years after the ratification of this amendment the sixteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States and thereafter Congress shall not levy taxes on personal incomes, estates, and or gifts.

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Timeline

1. 16 November 1999

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 November 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 November 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 19 November 1999

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 16 November 1999 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 November 1999

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 November 1999

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 November 1999

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Sponsors

• Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22] · R · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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