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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 46

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
         relating to incarceration for minor traffic offenses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2001

Ms. Carson of Indiana 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 
         relating to incarceration for minor traffic offenses.

    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 --

    ``Section 1. The eighth article of amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States is hereby repealed.
    ``Section 2. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive 
fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments (including 
incarceration, before or after trial, for minor traffic offenses) 
inflicted.''.
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