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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 79 Reported in House (RH)]

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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. 
Barragan, 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 Texas, Mr. Sherman, 
  Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Norcross, Mr. 
    Courtney, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
    Cardenas, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Omar, Ms. Sanchez, 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. Garcia 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. Velazquez, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. 
Lujan, 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.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding any time 
limit contained in House Joint Resolution 208, 92d Congress, as agreed 
to in the Senate on March 22, 1972, the article of amendment proposed 
to the States in that joint resolution shall be valid to all intents 
and purposes as part of the United States Constitution whenever 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States.
                                                  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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