House joint resolution · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 53.
- 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. 163, No. 16, January 31, 2017, Page H821):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 January 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 53, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/53
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
167 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 165 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 167 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), 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), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI) and 137 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.