[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 11 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 11

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relative to a seat in the House of Representatives for the District of 
                               Columbia.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2009

Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Byrd) introduced the following joint 
 resolution; which was read twice and 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 a seat in the House of Representatives for the District of 
                               Columbia.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein),

SECTION 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

    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 by the Congress:

                              ``Article --

    ``Section 1. The people of the District constituting the seat of 
Government of the United States shall elect one representative to the 
House of Representatives who is a resident of that District. The 
representative so elected shall have the same rights, privileges, and 
obligations as a Representative from a State.
    ``Section 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.
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