AMENDMENT

Intended to be proposed by Mr. CURTIS to H.J. Res. 554, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for representation of the District of Columbia in the Congress, viz: Strike out all after the resolving clauses and insert the following:

1 That the following article is hereby proposed as an amend2 ment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 3 valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution 4 when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the sev5 eral States within seven years after its submission to the 6 States for ratification:

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"ARTICLE

"SECTION 1. In exercising its powers under article I

of the Constitution, and in particular its powers to lay and

collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises and to enact laws

5 making appropriations, the Congress shall seek to assure that the total outlays of the Government during any fiscal 7 year do not exceed the total receipts of the Government 8 during such fiscal year.

9 "SEC. 2. No later than the twentieth day after the close 10 of each fiscal year, the President shall—

"(1) ascertain the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year, not including any receipts derived from the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations of the United States, and not including any receipts from any income tax surtax imposed under this article;

"(2) ascertain the total outlays of the Government during such fiscal year, not including any outlays for the redemption of bonds, notes, or other obligations of the

United States; and

"(3) if the total receipts described in paragraph

(1) are less than the total outlays described in para

graph (2), determine the percentage rate of income tax

24 surtax, to be imposed as provided in section 3, which

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is necessary to provide an additional amount of revenue

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equal to the amount by which such total receipts are less
than such total outlays, and transmit to the Congress, by

special message, the rate of income tax surtax so
determined.

"SEC. 3. Subject to the provisions of section 4, an in-
come tax surtax, at the rate determined and transmitted by
the President under section 2—

"(1) shall be effective for the calendar
year follow-
ing the close of the fiscal year with respect to which the
determination was made, or for so much of such calendar
year for which such surtax is not suspended under sec-
tion 4, and

"(2) shall apply, as an additional income tax for
the period for which it is in effect, with respect to the
income tax liability of each taxpayer which is attribut-

able to the portion or portions of such taxpayer's taxable
year or years which fall within such period.

The income tax liability attributable to a portion of a tax-
able

year falling within a period shall be based upon the
ratio of the number of days in the taxable year within such
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"SEC. 4. In the case of a grave national emergency
declared by Congress (including a state of war formally
declared by Congress), the income tax surtax which would

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1 may be suspended for such year, or a portion thereof, by a 2 concurrent resolution, agreed to by a rollcall vote of three3 fourths of all Members of each House of Congress, with 4 such resolution providing the period of time, if less than the 5 whole calendar year, during which such surtax is to be 6 suspended.

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"SEC. 5. This article shall apply with respect to the 8 first fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this article 9 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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"SEC. 6. The Congress shall have power to enforce this

11 article by appropriate legislation.".

AMENDMENTS

Intended to be proposed by Mr. SCOTT to H.J. Res. 554, joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for representation of the District of Columbia in the Congress, viz: At the end of the joint resolution, add the following:

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SEC. 2. The following article is proposed as an amend2 ment to the Constitution of the United States, to be valid 3 only if ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the sev4 eral States within seven years after the date of final passage 5 of this joint resolution:

7 "The power to regulate the circumstances under which

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pregnancy may or may not be terminated is reserved to the

9 respective States and territories of the United States.".