[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 83 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 83

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 providing that the Constitution does not preclude a penalty of death, 
including when it is imposed for the rape of a child under 16 years of 
                                  age.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2008

 Mr. Broun of Georgia introduced 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 
 providing that the Constitution does not preclude a penalty of death, 
including when it is imposed for the rape of a child under 16 years of 
                                  age.

    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 --

    ``The death penalty is permitted under the Constitution and does 
not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, including when the death 
penalty is imposed for the rape of a child under sixteen years old.''.
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