IA

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 40

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative

to equal rights for men and women.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 22, 2001

Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. HORN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.

ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr.

ACEVEDO-VILA ́, Mr. BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BALDACCI, Ms. BALDWIN,

Mr. BARRETT, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BENTSEN, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. BLUMENAUER,

Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY

of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs.

CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Mrs.

CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLAY, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. CLYBURN,

Mr. CONDIT, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COYNE, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS,

Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms.

DEGETTE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. DOOLEY

of California, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. EVANS, Mr.

FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. FILNER, Mr.

FORD, Mr. FROST, Mr. FRANK, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr.

GUTIERREZ, Mr. GREENWOOD, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida,

Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HOLT,

Mr. HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. HOYER, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr.

JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. KIND, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr.

LANGEVIN, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. LEE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr.

LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUTHER, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT,

Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr.

GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. MOORE, Mr.

MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO,

Ms. NORTON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr.

PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr.

RANGEL, Mr. REYES, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Ms.

ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABO, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. SANDERS,
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Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SISISKY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. STARK, Mrs.

TAUSCHER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TURNER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi,

Mr. TOWNS, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr.

UNDERWOOD, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr.

WYNN, and Mr. WU) introduced the following joint resolution; which was

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United

States relative to equal rights for men and women.

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two3 thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol4 lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con5 stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all

6 intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when

7 ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several

8 States:

9 ‘‘ARTICLE —

10 ‘‘SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall

11 not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any

12 State on account of sex.

13 ‘‘SECTION 2. The Congress shall have the power to

14 enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this

15 article.
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1 ‘‘SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect two

2 years after the date of ratification.’’.

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