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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 69 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 69

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
              relative to equal rights for men and women.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2011

 Mrs. Maloney (for herself, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
 Rangel, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Baca, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Bass of 
     California, Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. 
Butterfield, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, Ms. Clarke 
   of New York, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cooper, Mr. 
Crowley, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, 
  Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. 
 Edwards, Mr. Engel, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Grijalva, 
  Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
Honda, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
 of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, 
    Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Markey, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
 McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Miller of North 
 Carolina, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
Polis, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. 
Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Stark, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Thompson 
of Mississippi, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Watt, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wilson 
 of Florida, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
 Berman, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Brady 
   of Pennsylvania, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
 Cardoza, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
   Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Costa, Mr. Costello, Mr. Courtney, Mr. 
 Cummings, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Eshoo, 
 Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings 
of Florida, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Ms. Hochul, Mr. Holden, Mr. Israel, 
    Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
  Kucinich, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. 
 Loebsack, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. 
 McCarthy of New York, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. 
Moran, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Mr. 
  Payne, Mr. Peters, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Price of 
  North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Ms. Roybal-
  Allard, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
   Smith of Washington, Ms. Speier, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. 
   Tierney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman 
 Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Yarmuth) introduced 
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 
              relative to equal rights for men and women.

    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:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied 
or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by 
appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
    ``Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the 
date of ratification.''.
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