House joint resolution · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMar 17, 2021 · 222–204
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2021 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 12.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 17.
- 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. 167, No. 12, January 21, 2021, Page H227):Article V of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 17, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hjres/17
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b18e80ef2f65c425fbcabff3123193c0e20d36a979b63d4f8269132adfc605b
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 April 7, 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
214 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 213 Democrats
1 of 214 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA) and 184 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jackie Speier.
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- H.R. 3224 (117th) I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2021
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.