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 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 17 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 17

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2021

Ms. Speier (for herself, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, 
 Ms. Adams, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Auchincloss, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Barragan, Ms. 
  Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bera, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
Blumenauer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
Cardenas, Mr. Carson, Mr. Case, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. 
Chu, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, 
Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mr. Crist, Mr. Crow, Mr. Danny K. 
Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. 
 DelBene, Mr. Delgado, Mrs. Demings, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. 
Dingell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Eshoo, 
Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. 
 Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
   Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
   Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Himes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. 
Huffman, Ms. Omar, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Ms. 
Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
    Kilmer, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. 
Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Lee of 
   California, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin of 
Michigan, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Lynch, 
 Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mrs. Luria, Ms. 
   Manning, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr. 
 McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, 
Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Newman, Mr. 
 Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Halleran, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pallone, 
  Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
  Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
  Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
   Ruiz, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. 
  Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Schrier, Mr. 
    David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sires, Ms. 
 Slotkin, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, 
 Ms. Strickland, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of 
  California, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. 
Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, 
   Mr. Trone, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman 
  Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Wild, Ms. 
    Williams of Georgia, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Jacobs of California, Ms. 
Pressley, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Craig, Mr. Cuellar, 
Mr. Correa, Ms. Bourdeaux, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Ross, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. 
Spanberger, Ms. Bush, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Phillips, 
   Ms. Porter, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Allred, Mr. Bowman, Mrs. Murphy of 
  Florida, and Ms. Waters) 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, 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.
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