IA 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 25 
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2023 
Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. BUSH, Ms. DEAN of Penn-
sylvania, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Mr. KEATING, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. JA-
COBS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. 
SABLAN, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. PETERS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. NADLER, 
Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GREEN of 
Texas, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. BERA, Mr. CARSON, Mr. 
KIM of New Jersey, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. BALINT, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
PETTERSEN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. HOULAHAN, 
Mr. ALLRED, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SOTO, Mr. TRONE, 
Mr. PHILLIPS, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ROSS, Mr. KILMER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. BEYER, Mr. EVANS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
SLOTKIN, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Ms. MENG, Mr. STANTON, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. 
STEVENS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. OMAR, Mrs. 
HAYES, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. RASKIN, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mr. CROW, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. PANETTA, 
Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. MORELLE, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. CHU, 
Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. MANNING, Ms. PORTER, 
Mr. MULLIN, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. MFUME, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. 
LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 
ROBERT GARCIA of California, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CASTEN, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. BROWN, Ms. WILD, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. HOYLE of Or-
egon, and Ms. CLARKE of New York) submitted the following joint resolu-
tion; 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 pro-
posed to the States in that joint resolution is valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the United States Con-
stitution having been ratified by the legislatures of three- 
fourths of the several States. 
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