Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.

Bill: 117-hjres-53
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-17
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Criminal procedure and sentencing
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude as a criminal punishment.</p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 53 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 17, 2021 Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Ms. Bush , Ms. Bass , Ms. Norton , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Huffman , Ms. Adams , Mr. Carson , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Foster , Ms. Pressley , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Green of Texas , Ms. Lee of California , Mrs. Hayes , and Mr. Torres of New York ) 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 to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.

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: — Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude may be imposed as a punishment for a crime. .