[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 38 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 38

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2019

   Ms. Speier (for herself, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
  Fitzpatrick, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Luria, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Wexton, Mrs. 
 Lawrence, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Heck, Ms. Judy Chu 
     of California, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. 
 Schakowsky, Mr. Peters, Mr. Takano, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ruiz, 
  Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Frankel, 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. Cummings, 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. Beyer, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. 
 Gabbard, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Soto, Mr. Sires, Mr. Keating, Ms. 
 Blunt Rochester, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Wilson 
 of Florida, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Clay, Ms. Hill of California, 
 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, 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, 
 Ms. Escobar, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Porter, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. 
  Slotkin, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, and Mr. Rush) 
  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 (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), 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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