Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
Constitutional Amendment
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment declaring that women shall have equal rights in the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.
The amendment prohibits the United States or any state from denying or abridging equal rights under the law on account of sex.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 33 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 33

    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

                            January 24, 2017

Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Castor 
  of Florida, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
    Courtney, Mr. Takano, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Gallego, Mr. 
 Crowley, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Crist, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cummings, 
    Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Dent, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. 
Huffman, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Kind, Ms. Blunt 
   Rochester, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Walz, Ms. 
  Fudge, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Raskin, Mr. 
   Jeffries, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. 
  Schiff, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Reed, Mr. Lance, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
  Delaney, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. Dingell, Mrs. 
 Lowey, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Meng, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Deutch, Mr. 
   Espaillat, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
 Keating, Ms. Adams, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Matsui, 
Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. 
Lee, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Miss 
Rice of New York, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Engel, Mr. Sires, Mr. 
Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Pocan, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Lynch, 
 Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Cardenas, 
  Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Cohen) submitted 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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