[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 13, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1892]
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67TH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
                                NO. 4010

 Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have 
printed in the Record, North Dakota Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 
4010 as passed by the Sixty-seventh Legislative Assembly of North 
Dakota.
  The material follows:

 Sixty-Seventh Legislative Assembly of North Dakota in Regular Session 
                  Commencing Tuesday, January 5, 2021


                 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4010

                       (Senators Clemens, Myrdal)

                         (Representative Rohr)

 A concurrent resolution clarifying the 1975 ratification by the 44th 
Legislative Assembly of the proposed 1972 Equal Rights Amendment to the 
  Constitution of the United States only was valid through March 22, 
                                 1979.

       Whereas, the 92nd Congress of the United States of America, 
     during its second session, with the constitutionally required 
     vote of two-thirds of both houses, on March 22, 1972, gave 
     final approval to House Joint Resolution No. 208, commonly 
     referred to as the Equal Rights Amendment, to propose the 
     amendment to the Constitution of the United States, pursuant 
     to Article V of the Constitution of the United States; and
       Whereas, in offering the proposed federal constitutional 
     amendment to America's state lawmakers, the 92nd Congress 
     chose a deadline of 7 years, or until March 22, 1979, for the 
     constitutionally mandated ratification of the amendment by 
     three-fourths of the country's state legislatures; and
       Whereas, in Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4007, the 
     regular session of the 44th Legislative Assembly in 1975, 
     responded by ratifying the proposed 1972 Equal Rights 
     Amendment to the Cnstitution of the United States; now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate of North Dakota, the House of 
     Representatives concurring therein:
       That the 67th Legislative Assembly deems that the vitality 
     of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4007 of the 44th 
     Legislative Assembly by which North Dakota lawmakers ratified 
     the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment, officially lapsed at 11:59 
     p.m. on March 22, 1979; and be it further
       Resolved, that, after March 22, 1979, the Legislative 
     Assembly, while in agreement women and men should enjoy equal 
     rights in the eyes of the law, should not be counted by 
     Congress, the Archivist of the United States, lawmakers in 
     any other state, any court of law, or any other person, as 
     still having on record a live ratification of the proposed 
     Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
     States as was offered by House Joint Resolution No. 208 of 
     the 92nd Congress on March 22, 1972; and be it further
       Resolved, that the 67th Legislative Assembly respectfully 
     requests the full and complete verbatim text of this 
     resolution be duly published in the United States Senate's 
     portion of the Congressional Record, as an official memorial 
     to the United States Senate, and that this resolution be 
     referred to the committee of the United States Senate with 
     appropriate jurisdiction over its subject matter; and be it 
     further
       Resolved, that the 67th Legislative Assembly respectfully 
     requests the substance of this resolution be duly entered in 
     the United States House of Representatives' portion of the 
     Congressional Record, as an official memorial to the United 
     States House of Representatives, and that this resolution be 
     referred to the committee of the United States House of 
     Representatives with appropriate jurisdiction over its 
     subject matter; and be it further
       Resolved, that the Secretary of State forward copies of 
     this resolution to the Vice President of the United States, 
     the secretary and parliamentarian of the United States 
     Senate; the Speaker, clerk, and parliamentarian of the United 
     States House of Representatives; each member of the North 
     Dakota Congressional Delegation; and the Archivist of the 
     United States at the National Archives and Records 
     Administration in Washington, D.C.
     Brent Sanford,
       President of the Senate.
     Shanda Morgan,
       Secretary of the Senate.
     Kim A. Koppelman,
       Speaker of the House.
     Buell J. Reich,
       Chief Clerk of the House.
       Filed in this office this 24th day of March, 2021, at 3:23 
     o'clock p.m.
                                                  Alvin A. Jaeger,
     Secretary of State.

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