[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 44 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 44

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2021

   Ms. McCollum (for herself, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Jayapal, and Ms. Omar) 
  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 the people 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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