[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 82 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 82

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
provide that the United States shall guarantee to each person the right 
                       to employment opportunity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1993

Mr. Owens of New York 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 
provide that the United States shall guarantee to each person the right 
                       to employment opportunity.

    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 after the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The right to employment opportunity shall be 
guaranteed to each person by the United States.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.
    ``Section 3. This article shall take effect on the date of its 
ratification.''.

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