Title: Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
This joint resolution eliminates the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The amendment was proposed to the states in House Joint Resolution 208 of the 92nd Congress, as agreed to in the Senate on March 22, 1972. The amendment shall be part of the Constitution whenever ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states.

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

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 79

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


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                    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

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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, 92nd 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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