-Senate 2022Resolution LEGISLATURE6 LRB-2959/1ENGROSSED RAC:cjs SENATE RESOLUTION 6Relating Aprilto: 13, 2021 - Introduced by Senators EMAHIEU , APENGA , EYEN , MARKLEIN, STROEBEL , KOOYENGA , BERNIER, F ELZKOWSKI and B ALLWEG.

Referreddirecting the attorney general to Committeeseek onto Senatejoin Organization.the state as a plaintiffinState of West Virginia, et al., v.

Relating to:

directing the attorney general to seek to join the state as a plaintiff in State of West Virginia, et al., v.

and Whereas, the Federal Tax Mandate usurps the ability of the citizens to reduce their tax burdens and creates an impermissible chilling effect on their elected LRB-2959/1officials’ - 2022 Legislature - 2 - RAC:cjs officials' willingness to do the same—based on a threat that the federal government may claw back some or all of the states'states’ share of critical ARPA funding;

and Whereas, never before in the history of the United States has the federal government attempted such a complete take-overtake−over of state finances;

and Whereas, the Federal Tax Mandate steps well beyond the constitutional bounds set forth in Article I of the United States Constitution and the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and offends the dignity of co-sovereignco−sovereign states in our federal system;

7:21-CV-4657:21−CV−465 (ND Ala.

filed March 31, 2021), and the senateassembly urges and authorizes the attorney general to pursue all other legal means available to oppose the Federal Tax Mandate.Mandate;

(END)and, be it further Resolved, That nothing in this resolution prohibits the assembly, the senate, or the legislature under section 13.365 of the Wisconsin statutes from seeking to intervene on behalf of the state as a plaintiff inState of West Virginia, et al., v.

US Department of the Treasury,etal., Case No.

7:21−CV−465 (ND Ala.

filed March 31, 2021).

S t a t e C a p i t o l Senator Chris Kapenga Madison, Wisconsin President of the Senate Date Michael J.

Queensland Senate Chief Clerk