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. BER-
MAN, 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. JEF-
FERSON, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Is-
land, 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. LU-
THER, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT,
Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MALONEY of Con-
necticut, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. MEEK of Flor-
ida, 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. SHER-
MAN, 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 Caro-
lina, 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.
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 fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution 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.
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‘‘SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect two
years after the date of ratification.’’.
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