This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the United States or any state from denying or abridging equal rights under the law on account of sex.
117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 28

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 7, 2021

 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
 Brown, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. 
Warren, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Booker, Ms. Klobuchar, 
  Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following joint 
 resolution; which was read twice and 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:

                              ``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. This article shall take effect 2 years after the date 
of ratification.''.
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A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Official Titles - Senate
Official Title as Introduced
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Sen. Menendez, Robert