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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 113 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 113

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

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2014

Ms. Speier (for herself, Mr. Barber, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bishop 
 of New York, Mr. Heck of Washington, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. 
     Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Ms. Brownley of 
  California, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Carney, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Castor of 
Florida, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
   Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. 
    DeGette, Mr. Delaney, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
Doggett, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Ms. Frankel of 
   Florida, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hahn, Mr. 
 Hastings of Florida, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
 Hoyer, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Israel, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy, 
 Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kind, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, 
 Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mrs. Carolyn 
B. Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
  Michaud, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
 Murphy of Florida, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Nolan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Peters 
of California, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
 Ruppersberger, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. 
  Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. 
    Sherman, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
  Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. 
   Tierney, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Veasey, Ms. 
 Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Peterson, 
 Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. 
    Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. 
Gutierrez, Mr. Peters of Michigan, Mrs. Negrete McLeod, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
 Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, and Ms. Matsui) 
 introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                            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 Constitution whenever ratified by the 
legislatures of three-fourths of the several States.
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