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House Calendar No. 70 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 79 

[Report No. 116–378] 

Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 

Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 

York, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. REED, Mrs. LURIA, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. 

WEXTON, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. FRANKEL, 

Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. PLASKETT, 

Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 

COHEN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RUIZ, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. LEE

of California, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. POCAN, 

Ms. MATSUI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. 

BROWNLEY of California, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. 

COOPER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SERRANO, 

Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. SARBANES, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 

PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. CRIST, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. TONKO, Ms. CLARKE

of New York, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. HORSFORD, Mrs. DAVIS of California, 

Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 

York, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. SWALWELL of 

California, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. SOTO, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 

KEATING, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. 

RUSH, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. KILMER, Mr. MEEKS, 

Mr. CLAY, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. LYNCH, 

Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 

BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. WATSON

COLEMAN, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. CARSON of 

Indiana, Mr. KIND, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. COX of California, Mr. 

GALLEGO, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. GARCIA of 


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Texas, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. LAWSON of 

Florida, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Mr. RASKIN, Ms. OMAR, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. TITUS, 

Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. HIMES, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. 

LOWEY, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. CASE, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. PORTER, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. GONZALEZ

of Texas, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 

Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, 

Mr. CLEAVER, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. DANNY

K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. GOLDEN, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mrs. LEE

of Nevada, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. SEWELL of 

Alabama, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. VELA, Mr. TRONE, Mr. 

DEUTCH, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. CROW, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. DEAN, Mr. RYAN, Mr. 

CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. SHALALA, Ms. 

SCANLON, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. MENG, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. BASS, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mrs. 

MCBATH, Mr. STANTON, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, 

Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. KIM, Ms. WILD, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. 

TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mrs. HAYES, 

Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. BERA, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 

HECK, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. HARDER of California) 

submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JANUARY 16, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Mr. PANETTA, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CORREA, Mr. PAPPAS, 

Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. BRINDISI, Ms. FINKENAUER, 

Mr. DELGADO, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas 

JANUARY 16, 2020 

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered 

to be printed 

[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced joint resolution, see copy of joint resolution as introduced on November 

8, 2019] 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights 

amendment. 


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1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That notwithstanding any time limit contained in House 

4 Joint Resolution 208, 92d Congress, as agreed to in the Sen5 ate on March 22, 1972, the article of amendment proposed 

6 to the States in that joint resolution shall be valid to all 

7 intents and purposes as part of the United States Constitu8 tion whenever ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of 

9 the several States. 


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House Calendar No. 70 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 79 

[Report No. 116–378] 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Removing the deadline for the ratification of the 

equal rights amendment. 

JANUARY 16, 2020 

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House 

Calendar, and ordered to be printed 


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