[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 61 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 61

    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

                             July 21, 2009

Mrs. Maloney (for herself, Ms. Speier, Mr. Boucher, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
 George Miller of California, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
Meek of Florida, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Loebsack, 
   Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
  Larsen of Washington, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
   California, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Olver, Ms. Watson, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
 Kennedy, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Eddie 
Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
   Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr. 
Israel, Mr. Sires, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Mr. Clay, Mr. Moore of Kansas, 
    Mr. Waxman, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Engel, Mr. Dingell, Mrs. 
Biggert, Ms. DeGette, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Stark, 
 Mr. Cohen, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Filner, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Kilroy, and Ms. 
     Loretta Sanchez of California) 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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