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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. J. RES. 37 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide |
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| 6 | 6 | | that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States ac- |
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| 7 | 7 | | cording to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons |
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| 8 | 8 | | in each State who are citizens of the United States. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY6, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. D |
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| 12 | 12 | | AVIDSON(for himself, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | B |
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| 14 | 14 | | IGGSof Arizona, Mr. PERRY, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. ROY) submitted the |
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| 15 | 15 | | following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Judiciary |
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| 17 | 17 | | JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 18 | 18 | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United |
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| 19 | 19 | | States to provide that Representatives shall be appor- |
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| 20 | 20 | | tioned among the several States according to their re- |
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| 21 | 21 | | spective numbers, counting the number of persons in |
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| 22 | 22 | | each State who are citizens of the United States. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the United States of America in Congress assembled2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HJ 37 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | States within seven years after the date of its submission 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | for ratification: 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘A |
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| 36 | 36 | | RTICLE— 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘Representatives shall be apportioned among the sev-5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | eral States according to their respective numbers, which 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | shall be determined by counting the number of persons 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | in each State who are citizens of the United States.’’. 8 |
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