Equal Rights Amendment

by 92nd United States Congress

Proposed Amendment
to the
Constitution of the United States
Second Session, Ninety-Second Congress

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Joint Resolution
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

[H. J. Res. 208] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress:

“Article—

“Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

“Sec. 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

“Sec. 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.”

Carl Albert
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Allen J. Ellender
President of the Senate pro Tempore.

I certify that this Joint Resolution originated in the House of Representatives,

W. Pat Jennings
Clerk.

By W. Raymond Colley

[Received by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, March 23, 1972.]

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Legislative History:

• House Report No. 92‒359 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
• Senate Report No. 92‒689, also accompanying S. J. Res. 8 and S. J. Res. 9 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
• Congressional Record:
• Vol. 117 (1971): Aug. 6 S. J. Res. 150 considered in Senate.
  • Oct. 6, 12, H. J. Res. 208 considered and passed House.
• Vol. 118 (1972): Mar. 15, 17, 20–22, considered and passed Senate.