Expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment" has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment without delay.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 82.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 121, July 14, 2023, Page H3614):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This joint resolution affirms the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment and certifies the Archivist of the U.S. to certify and publish it.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  209 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 82, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/82

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 9, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31c89a331e39d7c3951c054bf672bc884a673cb82a7f9c1c50cded3259eb821a

  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 November 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 82, last updated November 9, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.