S.J.Res. 67 – A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United Sta…

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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that guarantees every U.S. citizen of voting age the fundamental right to vote in any public election in the jurisdiction where they live. It restricts any denial or limitation of that right to situations where the government can show a compelling interest and must use the least restrictive means, and it removes the phrase “or other crime” from the Fourteenth Amendment’s Section 2. The amendment also gives Congress the authority to enforce the right through legislation.

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Guarantees all citizens of legal voting age the fundamental right to vote in any public election in their residence jurisdiction.
Allows denial or restriction of voting only if the government demonstrates a compelling interest and uses the least restrictive means to achieve it.
Repeals the phrase “or other crime” from Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Grants Congress the power to enforce the amendment and protect the voting right through legislation.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S7259-7260)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S7259-7260)

Judiciary Committee

December 15, 2022

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Sen. Tim KaineD-VA · Dec 15, 2022

Mr. President, the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need to expand mental health services for children in the United States. More than 20 percent of parents with children aged 5-12 years reported…

Mr. President, the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need to expand mental health services for children in the United States. More than 20 percent of parents with children aged 5-12 years reported that their children experienced worsened mental or emotional health as a result of the pandemic. In Virginia, one in five children experience symptoms of a mental health disorder. Schools, childcare settings, and communities are in need of additional support to address the needs of our Nation's children and families.

Early identification and intervention for emotional or behavioral disorders for infants and young children may help to prevent more severe mental health issues in later youth and adulthood. That is why Senator Collins and I are introducing the Investing in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Act to reauthorize the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health--IECMH--program through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, SAMHSA. First

authorized in 2016 under the 21st Century Cures Act, the goal of the IECMH program is to improve outcomes for children, from birth up to 12 years of age, by developing, maintaining, or enhancing infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment services.

Since 2018, SAMHSA has provided $20 million in funding to support infant and early childhood mental health programs across the country. This funding has been used to train the mental health workforce and provide screenings and referrals for evidence-based mental health services for children and families. To date, grantees have trained nearly 10,000 mental health professionals and screened over 17,000 children and families.

Reauthorizing the IECMH program will allow SAMSHA to continue this important work to address childhood mental health through fiscal year 2027. The bill also includes a $30 million increase in funding to expand these services and would allow SAMSHA to provide technical assistance to grantees, either directly or through grants or contracts to nonprofit entities. Language to reauthorize the IECMH program was included in the Supporting Children's Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022 introduced by Representatives Kim Schrier and Mariannette Miller- Meeks, which was included in the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act that passed out of the House in June 2022. I urge my colleagues to support this bill so we can continue to address the mental health crisis among our children.

Sen. Amy KlobucharD-MN · Apr 14, 2021

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for the legislative activities report of the Committee on Rules and Administration during the 116th Congress be printed in the Congressional Record.

Sen. Richard J. DurbinD-IL · Dec 15, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the resolution be printed in the Record.

Sen. Richard J. DurbinD-IL · Dec 15, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the resolution be printed in the Record.

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Introduced in SenateIssued December 15, 2022

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117th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. J. RES. 67

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 15, 2022

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the fundamental right to vote.

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:

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Every citizen of the United States, who is of legal voting age, shall have the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.

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The fundamental right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State or political subdivision within a State unless such denial or abridgment is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.

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The portion of section 2 of the fourteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States that consists of the phrase or other crime, is repealed.

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The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article and protect against any denial or abridgement of the fundamental right to vote by legislation.

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A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the fundamental right to vote.

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