HR 3097
Tax Code Termination Act

In June 1998, the House voted 219-209 in favor of the Tax Code Termination Act, which would "sunset" the federal income tax by July 4, 2002.
The bill (H.R. 3097) , sponsored by Rep. Steve Largent of Oklahoma and co-sponsored in the Senate by Majority Leader Lott)

A BILL:

To terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1:

SHORT TITLE:

This Act may be cited as the ‘Tax Code Termination Act’.

SECTION 2:

TERMINATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.

(a) IN GENERAL- No tax shall be imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986--

(1) for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2001, and

(2) in the case of any tax not imposed on the basis of a taxable year, on

any taxable event or for any period after December 31, 2001.

(b) EXCEPTION- Subsection (a) shall not apply to taxes imposed by--

(1) chapter 2 of such Code (relating to tax on self-employment income),

(2) chapter 21 of such Code (relating to Federal Insurance Contributions Act), and

(3) chapter 22 of such Code (relating to Railroad Retirement Tax Act).

SEC. 3. NEW FEDERAL TAX SYSTEM.

(a) STRUCTURE- The Congress hereby declares that any new Federal tax system should be a simple and fair system that--

(1) applies a low rate to all Americans,

(2) provides tax relief for working Americans,

(3) protects the rights of taxpayers and reduces tax collection abuses,

(4) eliminates the bias against savings and investment,

(5) promotes economic growth and job creation, and

(6) does not penalize marriage or families.

(b) TIMING OF IMPLEMENTATION- In order to ensure an easy transition and effective implementation, the Congress hereby declares that any new Federal tax system should be approved by Congress in its final form no later than July 4, 2001.

Sponsors and Co-sponsors (153):

H.R. 3097
Sponsor: Rep Largent, Steve(introduced 1/27/1998)
Related Bills: H.RES.472, S.1673
Latest Major Action: 6/18/1998 Referred to Senate committee
Title: To terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

COSPONSORS(153):

ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:  

Rep Aderholt, Robert B. - 1/27/1998
Rep Armey, Richard K. - 3/4/1998
Rep Bachus, Spencer - 1/27/1998
Rep Ballenger, Cass - 2/4/1998
Rep Barr, Bob - 2/11/1998
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. - 1/27/1998
Rep Barton, Joe - 3/4/1998
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. - 2/11/1998
Rep Bliley, Tom - 2/11/1998
Rep Blunt, Roy - 1/27/1998
Rep Bonilla, Henry - 1/27/1998
Rep Brady, Kevin - 1/28/1998
Rep Bryant, Ed - 1/28/1998
Rep Bunning, Jim - 3/4/1998
Rep Burr, Richard - 1/27/1998
Rep Burton, Dan - 1/28/1998
Rep Calvert, Ken - 1/27/1998
Rep Campbell, Tom - 1/27/1998
Rep Canady, Charles T. - 1/28/1998
Rep Cannon, Chris - 1/27/1998
Rep Chabot, Steve - 1/27/1998
Rep Chambliss, Saxby - 2/4/1998
Rep Chenoweth, Helen - 1/27/1998
Rep Christensen, Jon - 2/4/1998
Rep Coble, Howard - 2/25/1998
Rep Coburn, Tom A. - 2/4/1998
Rep Collins, Mac - 3/4/1998
Rep Combest, Larry - 2/4/1998
Rep Condit, Gary A. - 1/27/1998
Rep Cook, Merrill - 2/4/1998
Rep Cooksey, John - 1/27/1998
Rep Cox, Christopher - 2/11/1998
Rep Crane, Philip M. - 2/11/1998
Rep Crapo, Michael D. - 2/25/1998
Rep Cubin, Barbara - 1/27/1998
Rep Cunningham, Randy (Duke) - 1/27/1998
Rep Deal, Nathan - 1/27/1998
Rep DeLay, Tom - 2/11/1998
Rep Dickey, Jay - 1/28/1998
Rep Doolittle, John T. - 1/28/1998
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. - 1/27/1998
Rep Dunn, Jennifer - 1/27/1998
Rep Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. - 1/27/1998
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 1/27/1998
Rep English, Phil - 1/27/1998
Rep Ensign, John E. - 1/27/1998
Rep Foley, Mark - 1/27/1998
Rep Forbes, Michael P. - 1/27/1998
Rep Fossella - 5/7/1998
Rep Fowler, Tillie - 1/27/1998
Rep Fox, Jon D. - 1/28/1998
Rep Franks, Bob - 1/27/1998
Rep Gibbons, Jim - 2/4/1998
Rep Gillmor, Paul E. - 2/25/1998
Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. - 2/4/1998
Rep Goodlatte, Bob - 2/4/1998
Rep Goodling, William F. - 1/28/1998
Rep Goss, Porter J. - 2/4/1998
Rep Graham, Lindsey O. - 2/4/1998
Rep Granger, Kay - 1/27/1998
Rep Gutknecht, Gil - 1/28/1998
Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 1/27/1998
Rep Hastert, J. Dennis - 1/28/1998
Rep Hastings, Doc - 3/4/1998
Rep Hefley, Joel - 1/28/1998
Rep Herger, Wally - 2/25/1998
Rep Hill, Rick - 2/4/1998
Rep Hilleary, Van - 1/28/1998
Rep Hoekstra, Peter - 1/27/1998
Rep Hostettler, John N. - 2/25/1998
Rep Hunter, Duncan - 3/4/1998
Rep Hutchinson, Asa - 1/27/1998
Rep Inglis, Bob - 1/27/1998
Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. - 1/27/1998
Rep Johnson, Sam - 3/4/1998
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. - 1/27/1998
Rep Kasich, John R. - 1/27/1998
Rep Kim, Jay - 2/25/1998
Rep Kingston, Jack - 2/11/1998
Rep Klug, Scott L. - 2/4/1998
Rep Latham, Tom - 2/25/1998
Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 3/4/1998
Rep Lewis, Ron - 3/10/1998
Rep Linder, John - 1/27/1998
Rep Livingston, Bob - 3/4/1998
Rep Lucas, Frank D. - 1/28/1998
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. - 1/27/1998
Rep McCollum, Bill - 2/25/1998
Rep McCrery, Jim - 1/27/1998
Rep McIntosh, David M. - 1/27/1998
Rep McIntyre, Mike - 3/10/1998
Rep McKeon, Howard P. (Buck) - 1/27/1998
Rep Metcalf, Jack - 1/27/1998
Rep Mica, John L. - 2/11/1998
Rep Miller, Dan - 1/27/1998
Rep Moran, Jerry - 1/27/1998
Rep Myrick, Sue - 1/27/1998
Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. - 1/27/1998
Rep Neumann, Mark W. - 2/11/1998
Rep Ney, Robert W. - 3/10/1998
Rep Norwood, Charlie - 1/27/1998
Rep Nussle, Jim - 3/10/1998
Rep Packard, Ron - 2/11/1998
Rep Pappas, Michael - 2/11/1998
Rep Parker, Mike - 2/11/1998
Rep Paul, Ron - 1/27/1998
Rep Paxon, Bill - 1/27/1998
Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 1/28/1998
Rep Peterson, John E. - 3/24/1998
Rep Pickering, Charles (Chip) - 1/28/1998
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 1/27/1998
Rep Pombo, Richard W. - 2/11/1998
Rep Pryce, Deborah - 1/27/1998
Rep Radanovich, George P. - 1/27/1998
Rep Redmond, Bill - 1/27/1998
Rep Riggs, Frank - 1/27/1998
Rep Riley, Bob - 1/27/1998
Rep Rogan, James E. - 1/28/1998
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana - 2/11/1998
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - 2/25/1998
Rep Royce, Edward R. - 2/4/1998
Rep Salmon, Matt - 2/4/1998
Rep Sanford, Marshall (Mark) - 1/27/1998
Rep Scarborough, Joe - 1/27/1998
Rep Schaefer, Dan - 2/4/1998
Rep Schaffer, Bob - 1/27/1998
Rep Schiff, Steven - 1/27/1998
Rep Sensenbrenner, James, Jr. - 1/27/1998
Rep Sessions, Pete - 1/27/1998
Rep Shadegg, John B. - 1/27/1998
Rep Shimkus, John - 2/25/1998
Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 2/11/1998
Rep Smith, Linda - 1/27/1998
Rep Smith, Nick - 1/28/1998
Rep Snowbarger, Vince - 1/27/1998
Rep Solomon, Gerald B. H. - 2/11/1998
Rep Souder, Mark E. - 2/4/1998
Rep Spence, Floyd - 3/10/1998
Rep Stump, Bob - 1/27/1998
Rep Sununu, John E. - 1/27/1998
Rep Talent, James M. - 1/27/1998
Rep Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) - 1/27/1998
Rep Thornberry, William (Mac) - 1/27/1998
Rep Thune, John R. - 1/28/1998
Rep Tiahrt, Todd - 1/27/1998
Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. - 2/11/1998
Rep Wamp, Zach - 1/27/1998
Rep Watkins, Wes - 2/4/1998
Rep Watts, J. C., Jr. - 1/27/1998
Rep Weldon, Dave - 1/27/1998
Rep Whitfield, Ed - 1/27/1998
Rep Wicker, Roger F. - 1/27/1998
Rep Young, Don - 2/11/1998

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 239

(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

      H R 3097     RECORDED VOTE     17-JUN-1998   4:00 PM
      QUESTION: On Passage
      BILL TITLE: Tax Code Termination Act