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Proposing an amendment 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…

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Proposing an amendment 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: February 7, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 1, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Feb 7, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 7, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E287)
Feb 7, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the U.S. government 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 Amendment to the Constitution three years after ratification of this amendment and thereafter prohibits Congress from levying taxes on personal incomes, estates, and gifts.

What's happening now March 1, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Apr 29, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 23: Proposing an amendment 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.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HJRES-23/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 23: Proposing an amendment 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.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HJRES-23/.
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H.J. Res. 23, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HJRES-23/.
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[H.J. Res. 23: Proposing an amendment 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HJRES-23/)
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