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.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 104 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 104

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 2, 2020

 Mr. Clay (for himself, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. 
  Carson of Indiana, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Veasey, Mr. 
Hastings, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. 
   Barragan, Mr. Trone, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Haaland, and Ms. Moore) 
  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 to 
 prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment 
                              for a crime.

    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--

    ``Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude may be imposed as a 
punishment for a crime.''.
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