[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 52 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 52

    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

                              May 14, 2015

  Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. 
    Schiff, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. 
Hastings, Ms. Adams, Mr. Bera, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, 
  Ms. Kuster, Ms. Lee, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
  Foster, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Rush, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mrs. Watson 
     Coleman, Mr. Sherman, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
Dent, Ms. Pingree, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Brown 
of Florida, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Cicilline, 
Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, 
   Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. DeGette, Ms. 
       Titus, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Payne, Ms. Edwards, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
   Ruppersberger, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
 Johnson of Texas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Engel, Ms. Esty, Mr. 
    Cleaver, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. 
 LoBiondo, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. 
    Connolly, Ms. Meng, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Moore, Mr. 
    Jeffries, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Speier, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. 
  Langevin, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Hahn, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Huffman, Mr. 
Nadler, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mr. Himes, Mr. McDermott, 
   Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Delaney, Mr. 
  Garamendi, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
 Yarmuth, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Judy 
 Chu of California, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. Bass, Ms. Clark of 
   Massachusetts, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. 
Ellison, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Lance, Ms. Linda T. Saanchez of California, 
Mrs. Capps, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, 
  Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Gutieerrez, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
 Veasey, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Takai, 
   Mr. Takano, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. 
   Capuano, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
  Quigley, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Tsongas, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. 
Torres, Ms. Velaazquez, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Aguilar, 
 Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Welch, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ruiz, Mrs. Ellmers of North 
      Carolina, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Brady of 
 Pennsylvania, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Ms. DeLauro, 
 Mr. Gallego, Mr. Farr, Mr. Levin, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Peters, 
 Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Plaskett, 
Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Israel, Mrs. Davis of California, 
 Ms. DelBene, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Ted Lieu of 
California, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Caardenas, Ms. 
 Gabbard, Mr. Keating, Mr. Clay, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Clarke of New York, 
 and Ms. Lofgren) 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. Women shall have equal rights in the United States and 
every place subject to its jurisdiction. 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. Congress and the several States 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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