Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Bill: 113-hjres-56
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-08-01
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Due process and equal protection

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Women's rights
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-08-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Constitutional Amendment - Declares that women shall have equal rights in the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction. </p> <p>Prohibits the United States or any state from denying or abridging equal rights under the law on account of sex. </p> <p>

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 56 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. Cárdenas , 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. Gutiérrez , 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. Sánchez 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. Velázquez , 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 JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

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:  — 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. 2. Congress and the several States shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification. .