IA 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 51 
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2015 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, 
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. 
BUSTOS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU 
of California, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 
Mr. CLAY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COURTNEY, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, 
Mr. DELANEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARR, 
Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GARAMENDI, 
Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIND, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. 
KUSTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of 
Connecticut, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New 
Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 
MOORE, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. NORCROSS, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, 
Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 
Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. 
SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. SCOTT 
of Virginia, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, 
Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. 
TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 
Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 
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Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. WALZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. HIMES, 
Mr. CARNEY, and Mr. HINOJOSA) introduced the following joint resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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 (two- 
thirds of each House concurring therein), That notwith-
standing any time limit contained in House Joint Resolu-
tion 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 in-
tents and purposes as part of the Constitution whenever 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States. 
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