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.
117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 1

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2021

  Mr. Cardin (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following 
joint resolution; which was 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, 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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A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Official Titles - Senate
Official Title as Introduced
A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L.