[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 79 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 79


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2020

   Received; read twice and 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 2020.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.

                               By Robert F. Reeves,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.