[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 33 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 33

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
  respecting the right to a clean, safe, and sustainable environment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2009

  Mr. Jackson of Illinois 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 clean, safe, and sustainable environment.

    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. All persons shall have a right to a clean, safe, and 
sustainable environment, which right shall not be denied or abridged by 
the United States or any State.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce and implement 
this article by appropriate legislation.''.
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