IA 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 69 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 22, 2011 Mrs. Maloney (for herself, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Baca, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Bass of California, Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Engel, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Markey, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Polis, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Stark, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Watt, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Clay, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Costa, Mr. Costello, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cummings, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Ms. Hochul, Mr. Holden, Mr. Israel, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Mr. Kind, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moran, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Speier, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Yarmuth) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

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:  —

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.

2.The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

3.This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.

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