[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 144 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 144

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
  respecting the right to clean air, pure water, and the sustainable 
 preservation of the ecological integrity, and aesthetic, scenic, and 
             historical values of the natural environment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2018

Mr. McEachin (for himself, Ms. Jayapal, and Ms. Barragan) 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 
  respecting the right to clean air, pure water, and the sustainable 
 preservation of the ecological integrity, and aesthetic, scenic, and 
             historical values of the natural environment.

    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--

    ``The right of any person to clean air, pure water, and to the 
sustainable preservation of the ecological integrity and aesthetic, 
scientific, and historical values of the natural environment shall not 
be denied or abridged by the United States or any State, and the 
Congress shall have power to enforce and implement this article by 
appropriate legislation.''.
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