US HJR53 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 166-1-1)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. This joint resolution eliminates the time limit for ratification of the equal rights amendment (prohibits discrimination on account of sex) 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.

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Title

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

Sponsors

Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]Rep. Al Green [D-TX]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]
Sen. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-02-08HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-01-31HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-01-31HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SJR5 (Same As) 2017-01-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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