[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 81 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 81

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                         regarding health care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2017

   Ms. McCollum 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 
                         regarding 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. Health care, including care to prevent and treat 
illness, is the right of all citizens of the United States and 
necessary to ensure the strength of the Nation.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce and implement 
this article by appropriate legislation.''.
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