1999-04-15                     House Journal                      Page 0823
HJR 20                                                                       
The Finance Committee has considered:                                          
                                                                               
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20                                                 
Urging the Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986                
to eliminate the marriage penalty by providing that income tax rate            
bracket amounts, and the amount of the standard deduction, for                 
joint returns shall be twice the amounts applicable to unmarried               
individuals.                                                                   
                                                                               
The report was signed by Representative Therriault, Co-chair, with the         
following individual recommendations:                                          
                                                                               
Do pass (9):  Therriault, Bunde, Kohring, Austerman, Grussendorf,              
Moses, Davis, Williams, Foster                                                 
                                                                               
The following fiscal note applies:                                             
                                                                               
Zero fiscal note, House Special Committee on Economic Development              
and Tourism, 3/31/99                                                           
                                                                               
HJR 20 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                
calendar.