[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 37 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th 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 15, 2005

  Mrs. Maloney (for herself, Mr. Leach, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Towns, Ms. 
 Solis, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Lewis 
 of Georgia, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
DeFazio, Mr. Case, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. George 
    Miller of California, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Holden, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
    Menendez, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
Abercrombie, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Holt, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
Kolbe, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Boswell, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Davis 
 of California, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Lee, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
   Mr. Costello, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Capps, Ms. 
  Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Owens, Mr. Wu, Mr. Dicks, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Waxman, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Schiff, 
Mr. Evans, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Moran 
   of Virginia, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Moore of 
 Kansas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Payne, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Cardoza, 
 Ms. Harman, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Farr, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Bishop of 
    Georgia, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Boyd, Ms. Kilpatrick of 
Michigan, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Hall, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Strickland, 
 Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Olver, Ms. Herseth, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Ms. Waters, 
    Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Costa, Mr. Filner, Mr. Davis of 
Alabama, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Stark, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
   Pastor, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. 
 Napolitano, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kind, Mr. Levin, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Kildee, 
Mr. Tierney, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
  Thompson of California, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Wexler, Ms. 
   Watson, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Baca, Mr. Shays, Mr. Serrano, Mrs. 
  Christensen, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Meeks of New 
  York, Mr. Rush, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Wasserman 
Schultz, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Bass, Ms. Moore 
 of Wisconsin, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Castle, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Carnahan, Ms. 
   Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Baird, Mr. 
   Emanuel, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
 Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Markey, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
 Langevin, Mr. Israel, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Allen, 
Mr. Boucher, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
 Watt, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Davis 
of Florida, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
   Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. DeGette, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
  Engel, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Meek of Florida, and Mr. Taylor of 
   Mississippi) 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 within seven years after the date of its submission for 
ratification:

                              ``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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