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H.J.Res. 37 · 108th Congress

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

202 cosponsors · 185 D, 16 R, 1 I
NAD Abercrombie GAD Ackerman RAD Andrews TAD Allen AAD Acevedo-Vilá XBD Becerra HBD Berman SBD Bishop EBD Blumenauer SBR Boehlert LBD Boswell RBD Boucher ABD Boyd CBD Brown SBD Brown RBD Brady BBD Baird TBD Baldwin SBD Berkley JBR Biggert JBD Baca FBD Ballance CBD Bell TBD Bishop MBD Bordallo BCD Cardin JCD Carson MCR Castle DCD Christensen JCD Clyburn JCD Conyers JCD Cooper JCD Costello BCD Cramer ECD Cummings LCD Capps MCD Capuano JCD Crowley BCD Carson WCD Clay DCD Cardoza ECD Case DDD Davis JDD Davis PDD DeFazio DDD DeGette BDD Delahunt RDD DeLauro PDD Deutsch NDD Dicks JDD Dingell LDD Doggett CDD Dooley MDD Doyle SDD Davis ADD Davis CED Edwards EED Engel AED Eshoo LED Evans RED Emanuel EFD Faleomavaega SFD Farr CFD Fattah BFD Filner HFD Ford BFD Frank RFR Frelinghuysen MFD Frost GGD Green JGR Greenwood LGD Gutiérrez CGD Gonzalez RGD Grijalva RHD Hall JHD Harman AHD Hastings MHD Hinchey RHD Hinojosa THD Holden DHD Hooley SHD Hoyer JHD Hoeffel RHD Holt MHD Honda JID Inslee SID Israel SJD Jackson Lee WJD Jefferson CJD John EJD Johnson JJD Jackson SJD Jones MKD Kaptur PKD Kennedy DKD Kildee CKD Kilpatrick RKD Kind JKR Kolbe DKD Kucinich NLD Lampson TLD Lantos JLR Leach SLD Levin ZLD Lofgren NLD Lowey BLD Lee JLD Larson JLD Langevin RLD Larsen SLD Lynch EMD Markey RMD Matsui CMD McCarthy JMD McGovern KMD McCarthy JMD McDermott MMD McNulty MMD Meehan BMD Menendez JMD Millender-McDonald GMD Miller JMD Moran GMD Meeks DMD Moore BMD McCollum DMD Majette KMD Meek JND Nadler RND Neal END Norton GND Napolitano JOD Oberstar JOD Olver SOD Ortiz MOD Owens DOR Ose FPD Pallone BPD Pascrell EPD Pastor DPD Payne NPD Pelosi CPD Peterson DPD Price NRD Rahall CRD Rangel SRD Reyes SRD Rothman LRD Roybal-Allard BRD Rush CRD Rodriguez CRD Ruppersberger TRD Ryan MSD Sabo LSD Sanchez BSI Sanders MSD Sandlin JSD Serrano BSD Sherman LSD Slaughter ASD Smith JSD Spratt PSD Stark TSD Strickland CSR Shays JSD Schakowsky JSR Sweeney ASD Schiff RSR Simmons HSD Solis LSD Sánchez DSD Scott ETD Tauscher BTD Thompson JTD Tierney ETD Towns JTD Turner MTD Thompson MUD Udall TUD Udall NVD Velázquez MWD Waters MWD Watt HWD Waxman RWD Wexler LWD Woolsey AWD Wynn AWD Weiner DWD Wu DWD Watson PKD Kanjorski FLR LoBiondo MMD Michaud BMD Miller CVD Van Hollen DGD Gephardt JKD Kleczka CBR Bass JLD Lewis JQR Quinn JWR Walsh MKR Kirk

190 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Constitutional Amendment - States that: (1) equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex; (2) Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article; and (3) this amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 12, 2003
Constitutional Amendment - States that: (1) equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex; (2) Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article; and (3) this amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Latest action (May 5, 2003): Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 12, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.