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On the recordOctober 1, 1998
the National Conference of State Legislatures also strongly oppose the State tax preemption provided in the defense authorization bill. Let me read from an August 7, 1998, letter to the conferees. This was written to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senator from South Carolina, Senator Thurmond. "Federal preemption of legitimate State taxing authority." The National Conference of State Legislatures wrote to the chairman and said this is wrong: On behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures, I am writing in opposition to Section 1045 of the House version of the National Defense Authorization bill (H.R. 3616). NCSL opposes federal action that preempts the states' constitutional authority to tax income earned within their borders . . . We urge you to preserve the States' sovereignty-- Preserve the States' sovereignty.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan
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Addressing opposition to federal preemption of state tax authority in the defense authorization bill.

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