S.J.Res. 5
Referred to CommitteeA joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1/17/2017 • Senate
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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.
Introduced in Senate • 1/17/2017
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January 17, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
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Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
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A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.