[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 73 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 73

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                    respecting the right to a home.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 1997

    Mr. Rangel 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 
                    respecting the right to a home.

    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 for ratification:

                              ``Article --

    ``All citizens of the United States shall have a right to a home, 
which right shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any 
State.''.

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