Origination Clause

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The Origination Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that requires all bills for raising revenue to originate in the House of Representatives, while allowing the Senate to propose or concur with amendments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clause of the United States Constitution
constitutional provision
allows the Senate to concur with amendments to revenue bills
the Senate to propose amendments to revenue bills
appliesOnlyTo federal revenue bills and not state legislation
appliesTo bills for raising revenue
cameIntoForce 1789
grantsPowerTo United States House of Representatives
hasBeenLitigatedIn Flint v. Stone Tracy Co.
Rainey v. United States
United States v. Munoz-Flores
hasConstitutionalLocation Article I
hasDebatedScope definition of bills for raising revenue
extent of Senate amendment power on revenue bills
hasLanguage All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
hasPurpose to vest the power to initiate revenue measures in the legislative chamber closest to the people
hasText All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
historicalInfluence British constitutional practice that money bills originate in the House of Commons
influences legislative process for tax bills
isAlsoKnownAs Revenue Clause
isEnforcedBy internal rules of the House of Representatives
procedural challenges in federal courts
isFoundIn Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
isInterpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States
isPartOf Article I of the United States Constitution
Article I, Section 7 of the United States Constitution
United States Constitution
isRelatedTo Power of the purse
Presentment Clause
Taxing and Spending Clause
jurisdiction federal legislation of the United States
limitsPowerOf United States Senate
reflectsPrinciple greater popular control over taxation
relatesTo bicameralism
federal revenue measures
separation of powers
tax legislation
requires bills for raising revenue to originate in the House of Representatives
wasAdopted 1787

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Article I of the United States Constitution
containsClause
Origination Clause ("Revenue Clause")
isAlsoKnownAs

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