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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 40 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th 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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2007

  Mrs. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Dingell, Ms. 
   Velazquez, Ms. Clarke, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. 
   Solis, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
 Arcuri, Mr. Baca, Mr. Baird, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Bean, Mr. Becerra, Ms. 
 Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Berry, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
  Boucher, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Ms. Corrine 
    Brown of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
    Cardoza, Mr. Carnahan, Ms. Carson, Mr. Castle, Ms. Castor, Mr. 
  Chandler, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mr. Costello, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cuellar, 
 Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis 
of California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
 Dicks, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Emanuel, 
 Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Al 
 Green of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, 
  Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hare, Ms. Harman, Mr. 
    Hastings of Florida, Ms. Herseth, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
 Hinojosa, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
 Inslee, Mr. Israel, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie 
 Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
  Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
Kirk, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
  Latham, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
  Loebsack, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lynch, Mr. 
    Markey, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. McCollum of 
Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. McNerney, Mr. 
 McNulty, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
  Melancon, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Miller of North 
  Carolina, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Ms. 
Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal of 
   Massachusetts, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
   Pascrell, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Peterson of 
Minnesota, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Rahall, 
Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
   Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. 
    Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. 
   Schwartz, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Shays, Ms. Shea-
Porter, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, 
   Mr. Snyder, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stark, Ms. Sutton, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
 Taylor, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. 
Tierney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Walz of 
Minnesota, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Ms. Watson, Mr. Watt, Mr. 
 Waxman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Wynn) 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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