HJRES 23 · 93th Congress · Taxation
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the U.S. Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.(1973-01-03)
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Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the Government of the United States shall not engage in any business, professional, commercial, financial, or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution. States that the constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of the United States, shall not be subject to the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement which would abrogate this amendment. Requires the activities of the United States 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 sold. Provides that three years after the ratification of this amendment the sixteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States shall stand repealed and thereafter Congress shall not levy taxes on personal incomes, estates, and/or gifts.…
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