Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to clean air, pure water, and the sustainable preservation of the ecological integrity, and aesthetic, scenic, and historical values of the natural environment.

Bill: 115-hjres-144
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2018-12-11
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Ecology

Environmental regulatory procedures

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-12-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Constitutional Amendment</strong></p> <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the United States or a state from abridging the right to clean air, pure water, and the sustainable preservation of the ecological integrity, and aesthetic, scenic, and historical values of the natural environment.</p>

tv_txt: IA 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 144 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2018 Mr. McEachin (for himself, Ms. Jayapal , and Ms. Barragán ) submitted 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 respecting the right to clean air, pure water, and the sustainable preservation of the ecological integrity, and aesthetic, scenic, and historical values of the natural environment.

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 within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:  — The right of any person to clean air, pure water, and to the sustainable preservation of the ecological integrity and aesthetic, scientific, and historical values of the natural environment shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State, and the Congress shall have power to enforce and implement this article by appropriate legislation. .