,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #dj  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,april #bc1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona 7for     
himself1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,royce1 ,mr4 
,gosar1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1 ,mr4 ,salmon1 
,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4         
,meadows1 ,mr4 ,nunnelee1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 
,mr4 ,bentivolio1 ,mr4 ,fleming1 and    
,mr4 ,yoder7 introduced the following   
joint resolution2 which was referred to 
the ,committee on the ,judiciary        
,,joint ,,resolution  ,proposing an     
amendment to the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states to protect the rights of
 crime victims4  ,that the following    
article is proposed as an amendment to  
the ,constitution of the ,united        
,states1 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 ,states3   --  #a4 ,the rights  
of a crime victim to fairness1 respect1 
and dignity1 being capable of protection

 without denying the constitutional     
rights of the accused1 shall not be     
denied or abridged by the ,united       
,states or any ,state4 ,the crime victim
 shall1 moreover1 have the rights to    
reasonable notice of1 and shall not be  
excluded from1 public proceedings       
relating to the offense1 to be heard at 
any release1 plea1 sentencing1 or other 
such proceeding involving any right     
established by this article1 to         
proceedings free from unreasonable      
delay1 to reasonable notice of the      
release or escape of the accused1 to due
 consideration of the crime victim's    
safety and privacy1 and to restitution4 
,the crime victim or the crime victim's 
lawful representative has standing to   
fully assert and enforce these rights in
 any court4 ,nothing in this article    
provides grounds for a new trial or any 
claim for damages and no person accused 
of the conduct described in section #b  
of this article may obtain any form of  
relief4  #b4 ,for purposes of this      

article1 a crime victim includes any    
person against whom the criminal offense
 is committed or who is directly and    
proximately harmed by the commission of 
an act1 which1 if committed by a        
competent adult1 would constitute a     
crime4  #c4 ,this article shall be      
inoperative unless it has been ratified 
as an amendment to the ,constitution by 
the legislatures of three-fourths of the
 several ,states within #ad years after 
the date of its submission to the       
,states by the ,congress4 ,this article 
shall take effect on the #ahjth day     
after the date of its ratification4  4