[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 31 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 31

    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

                             March 16, 2021

Mr. Smith of New Jersey 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 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. 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. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by 
appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
    ``Section 3. Nothing in this article shall be construed to grant or 
secure any right relating to abortion or the funding thereof.
    ``Section 4. This amendment shall take effect two years after the 
date of ratification.''.
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