[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 80 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 80

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2008

 Ms. McCollum of Minnesota 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 
                   prohibiting the penalty of death.

    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 --

    ``Neither the United States nor any State, nor any person acting 
under the authority of the United States or a State, shall impose or 
carry out the penalty of death.''.
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