[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 114 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 114

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
   guaranteeing access to medical care to all citizens of the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 1993

Mr. Stark introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
   guaranteeing access to medical care to all citizens of the United 
                                States.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to medical 
care shall be guaranteed.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by 
appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
    ``Section 3. This amendment shall take effect one year after the 
date of ratification.''.

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