[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 43 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 43

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine 
                               justices.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2021

Mr. Green of Tennessee 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 to 
require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine 
                               justices.

    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 Supreme Court of the United States shall be 
composed of nine justices, though one or more of these nine offices may 
be vacant until filled.
    ``Section 2. If the size of the Supreme Court has been increased to 
more than nine justices before this amendment is ratified, upon the 
ratification of this amendment, those additional offices are void.
    ``Section 3. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.
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