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

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 112th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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56 cosponsors · 56 D

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

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, second session. Declares that such amendment shall be part of the Constitution whenever ratified by the necessary number of additional states.