Expressing the sense of Congress that a woman's ability to travel out of State to receive services available in that State which would otherwise not be available in the State that they reside in, is protected under Article IV of the Constitution.

Bill: 118-hjres-34
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-17
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: State and local government operations

Travel and tourism

Women's rights
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution expresses the sense of Congress that no state should enact any law that impedes a woman's ability to travel to another state or to receive services in another state that are unavailable in the woman's own state.</p>

tv_txt: IA 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 34 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 17, 2023 Ms. Mace submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that a woman’s ability to travel out of State to receive services available in that State which would otherwise not be available in the State that they reside in, is protected under Article IV of the Constitution.

Whereas Section 2 of Article IV of the Constitution provides for the rights of a citizen of one State who is temporarily visiting another State, the privileges, and immunities of a citizen of the latter State; Whereas the constitutional right to travel from one State to another is embedded in our jurisprudence and affirmed by the Supreme Court in United States v. Guest, 383 U.S. 745, 757 (1996); and Whereas, in Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618, (1969), that the right is so important that it is assertable against private interference as well as governmental action . . . a virtually unconditional, personal right, guaranteed by the Constitution to us all. : Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of Congress that no State should enact any law that impedes a woman’s ability to engage in interstate travel generally, or to receive services available in that State that are otherwise unavailable in their own State.