An amendment to require that any new local tax code adopted by America Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands to raise at least the same amount of money in each of the first five years as the current system, and prohibits the local tax code from discriminating between residents of the possession and other American citizens. If these provisions are not complied with the possession has 90 days to correct their new code or the old code will be reinstated.

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Amendment Number
704
Description
An amendment to require that any new local tax code adopted by America Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands to raise at least the same amount of money in each of the first five years as the current system, and prohibits the local tax code from discriminating between residents of the possession and other American citizens. If these provisions are not complied with the possession has 90 days to correct their new code or the old code will be reinstated.
Congress
99
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Dec 17, 1985
Latest Action Text
Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
Submitted Date
Dec 17, 1985
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jun 30, 2021
Amendment 704 — Informed