H. J. Res. 3: ABOLITION OF SLAVERY AMENDMENT

RESOLVED, By two-thirds of the House of the Representatives and the Senates of the United States of America in Congress here assembled, 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 ten years of its submission by the Congress:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This amendment may be cited as the “Abolition of Slavery Amendment.”

SECTION 2. AMENDMENT

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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This amendment is authored by /u/darthholo (D-AC) and sponsored by /u/JohnGRobertsJr (D-DX-1).