[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 51 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 51

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


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                    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 Pennsylvania, Ms. 
 Brown of Florida, Ms. Brownley of California, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Carson 
of Indiana, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Caardenas, 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. Gutieerrez, Ms. Hahn, Mr. 
Hastings, 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. Perlmutter, 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. 
 Saanchez 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, 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 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 (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), 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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