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.

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Introduced

16 November 1999

Last action

19 November 1999 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

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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16 November 1999
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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16 November 1999
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Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 November 1999
Introduced
Introduced in House
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19 November 1999
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-joint-resolution/81
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