United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 16 (113th)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the power of Congress to impose a tax on a failure to purchase goods or services.
Introduced
6 June 2013
Last action
6 June 2013 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Subjects
Rule of law, Taxation
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from making any law that imposes a tax on a failure to purchase goods or services.
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Timeline
6 June 2013
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
6 June 2013
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 6 June 2013 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/16
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/sjres/16
- us · 113-sjres-16 · source updated 10 August 2026