[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 224 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 224

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
                      prohibit the death penalty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 1993

   Mr. Gonzalez 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 to 
                      prohibit the death penalty.

    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 Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``The death penalty shall not be imposed or executed by the United 
States, or by any State, Territory or other jurisdiction within the 
United States.''.

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