[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 37 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 37

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
              relative to equal rights for men and women.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2003

   Mrs. Maloney (for herself, Mr. Leach, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Kolbe, Ms. 
 Pelosi, Mr. Shays, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Castle, 
Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Kind, 
  Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
Ose, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Baca, 
   Mr. Baird, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Ballance, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Bell, Ms. 
Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
  Blumenauer, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Boswell, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Boyd, Mr. 
Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
  Mr. Boucher, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Cardoza, Ms. 
Carson of Indiana, Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, Mr. Case, Mrs. Christensen, 
   Mr. Clay, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costello, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
 Cummings, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of 
 California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
 Deutsch, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Doyle, 
    Mr. Edwards, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
Faleomavaega, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Ford, Mr. Frank of 
    Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hall, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
Mr. Hill, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Holt, Ms. Hooley 
 of Oregon, Mr. Holden, Mr. Honda, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Israel, Mr. Jackson 
  of Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. John, Ms. 
  Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
Lampson, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson 
of Connecticut, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lynch, 
  Ms. Majette, Mr. Markey, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. 
 McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
 McNulty, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. 
  Millender-McDonald, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Moore, Mr. 
      Moran of Virginia, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal of 
  Massachusetts, Ms. Norton, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
 Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peterson 
of Minnesota, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
       Reyes, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
   Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Sabo, Ms. Linda T. 
Sanchez of California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Sanders, 
  Mr. Sandlin, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
   Serrano, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. 
   Solis, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stark, Mr. Strickland, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
 Tierney, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. 
  Towns, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New 
 Mexico, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Waters, Ms. Watson, Mr. Watt, Mr. Waxman, 
 Mr. Weiner, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Wynn) 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 
              relative to equal rights for men and women.

    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:

                              ``Article --

    ``Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied 
or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
    ``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 two years after the 
date of ratification.''.
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