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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 56 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 56

    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

                             August 1, 2013

  Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Andrews, Ms. 
 Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of 
 New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. 
Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, 
 Ms. Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, 
    Mr. Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Dent, 
  Mr. Dingell, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
 Foster, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
   Grayson, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Michelle Lujan 
   Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Mr. 
Hinojosa, Mr. Israel, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Mr. 
 Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis, Mr. 
   Loebsack, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
    McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
  Napolitano, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. 
 Quigley, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez 
 of California, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. 
 Shea-Porter, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
 Ms. Titus, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. 
  Waters, Mr. Watt, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) 
 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. Women shall have equal rights in the United States and 
every place subject to its jurisdiction. 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. Congress and the several States 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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