House joint resolution · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 47.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BALDWIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1620):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 133 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 47, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/47
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
540479cd17607119e477a35457d89175d794c484f089c29a9080c61364c666f6
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
56 cosponsors — 56 Democrats
0 of 56 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), James Himes (D-CT), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Steve Israel (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.