[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 116 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 116

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
    prohibiting Congress and the States from abridging the right of 
              citizens to affordable, quality health care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

  Mr. McEachin (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mrs. Watson 
Coleman, Mr. Evans, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Kelly of 
Illinois, Ms. Barragan, and Ms. Jayapal) submitted 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 
    prohibiting Congress and the States from abridging the right of 
              citizens to affordable, quality health care.

    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 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to 
affordable, quality health care shall not be denied or abridged by the 
United States or by any State.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.
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