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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

RATIFYING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED

STATES RELATING TO THE LABOR OF PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Kislak, Potter, Ajello, Spears, Cortvriend, McGaw,
Morales, Boylan, Donovan, and McEntee

     Date Introduced: February 01, 2023

     Referred To: House State Government & Elections

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     WHEREAS, at the first session of the sixty-eighth Congress it was resolved by the Senate

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and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled (two-thirds

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of each house concurring therein), that the following article be proposed as an amendment to the

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Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the

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said Constitution when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, viz.:

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ARTICLE

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     Section 1. The Congress shall have the power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of

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persons under eighteen years of age.

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     Section 2. The Power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the

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operation of State laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation

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enacted by the Congress.

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     Now, therefore, be it

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     RESOLVED, That the legislature of the State of Rhode Island does hereby ratify the

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above recited proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and be it further,

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be requested to transmit a certified copy of this

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concurrent resolution to the Administrator of General Services of the United States of America.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

RATIFYING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED

STATES RELATING TO THE LABOR OF PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE

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     This Joint Resolution would ratify a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the

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United States which would provide that the Congress of the United States would have the power

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to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen (18) years of age.

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