Congressional Findings
Relating To Federal Income Tax
A Must
Read!!
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL
FINDINGS are findings of the Congress and can be found in the current session of
Congress. Go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and type or copy
in - Fair Tax Act – in the SEARCH box and click on SEARCH. The first item posted
below will be the one of the item listed from the search. At this point in time
it is the first item. Please note that the links below have been removed because
they don’t last because the search engine produces them. Click on - H.R.25 on
the search page; on the next page click on - Text of Legislation; on the next
page click on - SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS and you will find what Congress
stated about the what is wrong with the current Income Tax Laws and why they
wanted to change them. What they wanted to change them to is another subject but
to say that if they tax any of the lawful People in any of the Union States then
that would also be un-Constitutional.
1.
H.R.25 : To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the
income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and
enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the
States.
Sponsor: Rep Linder,
John [GA-7] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (60)
Committees: House Ways and
Means
Latest Major Action:
1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on
Ways and Means.
SEC. 2.
CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
(a) Findings Relating to
Federal Income Tax- Congress finds the Federal income tax--
(1) retards economic growth
and has reduced the standard of living of the American public;
(2) impedes the
international competitiveness of United States industry;
(3) reduces savings and
investment in the United States by taxing income multiple
times;
(4) slows the capital
formation necessary for real wages to steadily increase;
(5) lowers
productivity;
(6) imposes unacceptable
and unnecessary administrative and compliance costs on individual and business
taxpayers;
(7) is unfair and
inequitable;
(8) unnecessarily intrudes
upon the privacy and civil rights of United States citizens;
(9) hides the true cost of
government by embedding taxes in the costs of everything Americans
buy;
(10) is not being complied
with at satisfactory levels and therefore raises the tax burden on law abiding
citizens; and
(11) impedes upward social
mobility.
(b) Findings Relating to
Federal Payroll Taxes- Congress finds further that the Social Security and
Medicare payroll taxes and self-employment taxes--
(1) raise the cost of
employment;
(2) destroy jobs and cause
unemployment; and
(3) have a
disproportionately adverse impact on lower income Americans.
(c) Findings Relating to
Federal Estate and Gift Taxes- Congress finds further that the Federal estate
and gift taxes--
(1) force family businesses
and farms to be sold by the family to pay such taxes;
(2) discourage capital
formation and entrepreneurship;
(3) foster the continued
dominance of large enterprises over small family-owned companies and farms;
and
(4) impose unacceptably
high tax planning costs on small businesses and farms.
How do
you find when the Congressional Findings were first presented in a tax
bill?
Click on ‘Search
Multiple Congresses’ or if this doesn’t work go to this url - http://thomas.loc.gov/ and under More
Legislative Information box in the middle of the page click on “Search
Multiple Congresses”. Once there copy or type in - Fair Tax Act - where it tells
you ‘Enter Word/Phrase to Search Bill Text’ then click on ‘Exact Match Only’.
Under Select Congress click on the box with “CHECK ALL”. Then under ‘Which
Bills? Click on the circle in front of ‘All’ and ‘From Where?’, click on the
circle in front of “Both House and Senate”.
Please note that the de
facto One Hundred Sixth United States
Congress met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1999 to January 3,
2001, during the last two years of Bill Clinton's presidency.
You should find the
following on your search list and then and only then can you find the
information posted above. Click on H.R.2525.IH for the ‘Fair Tax Act of 1999’
and then click on ‘SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.’ Because the links will not
last because they are created by the search:
[106th] Fair Tax Act of
1999 (Introduced in House)[H.R.2525.IH ]
[107th] Fair Tax Act of 2001
(Introduced in House)[H.R.2525.IH ]
[108th] Fair Tax Act of 2003 (Introduced
in Senate)[S.1493.IS ]
[108th] Fair Tax Act of 2003 (Introduced in
House)[H.R.25.IH ]
[109th] Fair Tax Act of 2005 (Introduced in
Senate)[S.25.IS ]
[109th] Fair Tax Act of 2005 (Introduced in
House)[H.R.25.IH ]
[110th] Fair Tax Act of
2007
(Introduced in Senate)[S.1025.IS ]
[110th] Fair Tax Act of 2007
(Introduced in House)[H.R.25.IH ]
[111th] Fair Tax Act of
2009 (Introduced in Senate)[S.296.IS ]
[111th] Fair Tax Act of 2009
(Introduced in House)[H.R.25.IH ]
More on the current actions
of Congress, which are about the same as they were in 1999, which is “Referred
to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and
Means”:
H.R.25: Title: To promote
freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and
other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national
sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.
Sponsor: Rep Linder,
John (His Congressional Website - http://linder.house.gov/) [GA-7] (introduced
1/6/2009) Cosponsors (60) list below.
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred
to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and
Means.
SUMMARY AS
OF1/6/2009--Introduced.
Fair Tax Act of 2009 - Repeals the income tax,
employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2009.
Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption
in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the sales tax rate at
23% in 2011, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. Allows exemptions
from the tax for property or services purchased for business, export, or
investment purposes, and for state government functions.
Sets forth rules relating to: (1) the collection and
remittance of the sales tax; and (2) credits and refunds. Allows a monthly sales
tax rebate for families meeting certain size and income
requirements.
Grants states the primary authority for the collection
of sales tax revenues and the remittance of such revenues to the Treasury. Sets
forth administrative provisions relating to: (1) the filing of monthly reports
and payments of tax; (2) accounting methods; (3) registration of sellers of
goods and services responsible for reporting sales; (4) penalties for
noncompliance; and (5) collections, appeals, and taxpayer rights.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to allocate sales
tax revenues among: (1) the general revenue; (2) the old-age and survivors
insurance trust fund; (3) the disability insurance trust fund; (4) the hospital
insurance trust fund; and (5) the federal supplementary medical insurance trust
fund.
Prohibits the funding of the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) after FY2013. Establishes in the Department of the Treasury: (1) an Excise
Tax Bureau to administer excise taxes not administered by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); and (2) a Sales Tax Bureau to
administer the national sales tax.
Terminates the sales tax imposed by this Act if the
Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (authorizing an income tax) is not
repealed within seven years after the enactment of this Act.
ALL ACTIONS 1/6/2009: Referred to the House
Committee on Ways and Means.
COSPONSORS(60),
ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors
withdrawn]: (Sort: by
date)
Rep Akin, W. Todd
[MO-2] - 1/6/2009
Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 1/6/2009
Rep Bachus,
Spencer [AL-6] - 1/6/2009
Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] - 6/8/2009
Rep
Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 1/6/2009
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] -
1/6/2009
Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] - 5/21/2009
Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1]
- 3/12/2009
Rep Bonner, Jo [AL-1] - 9/9/2009
Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] -
1/19/2010
Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] - 5/14/2009
Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] -
1/6/2009
Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] - 2/24/2009
Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr.
[SC-1] - 1/6/2009
Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny [FL-5] - 1/6/2009
Rep Burton,
Dan [IN-5] - 1/6/2009
Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 1/6/2009
Rep
Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] - 1/6/2009
Rep Crenshaw, Ander [FL-4] -
1/23/2009
Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 1/6/2009
Rep Deal, Nathan
[GA-9] - 1/6/2009
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 1/6/2009
Rep Fallin,
Mary [OK-5] - 1/6/2009
Rep Fleming, John [LA-4] - 3/12/2009
Rep Franks,
Trent [AZ-2] - 1/6/2009
Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 1/6/2009
Rep
Granger, Kay [TX-12] - 10/6/2009
Rep Graves, Sam [MO-6] - 2/25/2009
Rep
Hall, Ralph M. [TX-4] - 10/6/2009
Rep Hensarling, Jeb [TX-5] - 1/6/2009
Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] - 1/9/2009
Rep Jenkins, Lynn [KS-2] -
2/24/2009
Rep King, Steve [IA-5] - 1/6/2009
Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] -
1/6/2009
Rep Kline, John [MN-2] - 3/12/2009
Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] -
1/6/2009
Rep Lucas, Frank D. [OK-3] - 1/6/2009
Rep McCaul, Michael T.
[TX-10] - 1/6/2009
Rep Mica, John L. [FL-7] - 1/9/2009
Rep Miller, Gary
G. [CA-42] - 1/14/2009
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 1/27/2009
Rep Moran,
Jerry [KS-1] - 1/13/2009
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 1/8/2009
Rep
Neugebauer, Randy [TX-19] - 1/6/2009
Rep Olson, Pete [TX-22] - 1/26/2009
Rep Pence, Mike [IN-6] - 1/6/2009
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 1/6/2009
Rep
Posey, Bill [FL-15] - 1/27/2009
Rep Price, Tom [GA-6] - 1/6/2009
Rep
Roe, David P. [TN-1] - 4/21/2009
Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] - 12/9/2009
Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] - 1/6/2009
Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] -
1/6/2009
Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] - 1/6/2009
Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4]
- 1/6/2009
Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 3/12/2009
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A.
[GA-3] - 1/6/2009
Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1] - 2/3/2009
Rep Wittman,
Robert J. [VA-1] - 1/6/2009
Rep Young, Don [AK] - 1/6/2009
Other interesting
information found while doing the search for the above information. Are they
un-Constitution under the lawful National Constitution? Underlining was added
for the parts that maybe un-Constitution:
[107th] Voting Equipment Modernization Act of 2001
(Introduced in house)[H.R.1025.IH ]
H. R. 1025 - To
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a temporary checkoff on
income tax returns to provide funding to States for improving the administration
of elections for Federal office.
[106th] Freedom and Fairness Restoration Act of 1997
(Introduced in Senate)[S.1040.IS]
The Freedom and Fairness Restoration Act is a way of saying "Enough is enough."
[107th] Housing
Preservation Matching Grant Act of 2001 (Introduced in House as [H.R.425.IH] -
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to
States to supplement State assistance for the preservation of affordable housing
for low-income families. Search Results -THOMAS (Library of
Congress):
Latest Major Action:
3/14/2001 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House
Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction
of the committee concerned.
Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2009 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform
the estate and gift tax. Last action - 4/22/2009:
Referred to the House
Committee on Ways and Means.
1.
H.CON.RES.23: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the tax
giveaway since 2001 to the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans should be repealed
and those monies instead invested in vital programs to relieve the growing
burden on the working poor and to alleviate poverty in America.
2. H.CON.RES.88: Urging local tax assessors, in light of the current
housing market and economic struggles of people in the United States, to more
frequently reassess the property values used to determine property taxes for
primary residences, and encouraging local governments to provide property tax
relief to those whose home values have declined.
Sponsor: Rep Stupak, Bart
[MI-1] (introduced 3/30/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/30/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on
Financial Services.
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