,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #bg  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,february #ac1  
#bjac ,mr4 ,bentivolio introduced the   
following joint resolution2 which was   
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        
,proposing an amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
prohibiting the ,federal ,government    
from using the power of taxation to     
compel someone to engage in commercial  
activity4  ,that the following article  
is proposed as an amendment to the      
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
which shall be valid to all intents and 
purposes as part of the ,constitution   
when ratified by the legislatures of    
three-fourths of the several ,states    
within seven years after the date of its
 submission for ratification3   --  ,the
 ,congress shall not have the power to  
lay and collect taxes in order to compel
 any person or persons to engage in     
commercial activity1 nor shall ,congress

 have the power to lay and collect taxes
 from any person or persons for a       
failure to engage in any form of        
commercial activity4  4