HJRES 985 · 93th Congress · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the busing or involuntary assignment of students.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.(1974-04-23)
Plain Language Summary
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Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing in the Constitution of the United States shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order requiring or directing any funds to be used or withheld or encourage, the busing of students from one school to another to force any student or students attending any elementary or secondary school in their own neighborhood, where such school is not established purposely to perpetuate segregation, to attend any other school against his or her choice, the choice of his or her parents, parent or guardian, in order to accomplish desegregation on the basis of race, color, or national origin.…
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