House joint resolution · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 51.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPEIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 73, May 13, 2015, Page H2959):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 51, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/51
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d9348f26d336638625b0f32eadbf5fa2a7c4880943976c35a169051957bd3a5
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 December 5, 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
164 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 162 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 164 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and 134 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jackie Speier.
- H.R. 4712 (114th) Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act
- H.R. 3411 (114th) Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015
- H.R. 2680 (114th) HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act
- H.R. 742 (114th) Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015
- H.R. 2191 (114th) Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 36 (114th) Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2015
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.