,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ef  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,august #a1     
#bjac ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of    
,new ,york 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,andrews1 
,ms4 ,bass1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4         
,becerra1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4
 ,bishop of ,new ,york1 ,mr4            
,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1   
,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mrs4 ,capps1 ,mr4   
,capuano1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,ms4 ,castor of
 ,florida1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4        
,clarke1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,clyburn1 ,mr4
 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4
 ,courtney1 ,mr4 ,crowley1 ,mr4         
,cummings1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of    
,illinois1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 
,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4    
,dent1 ,mr4 ,dingell1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1  
,mr4 ,ellison1 ,mr4 ,farr1 ,mr4 ,fattah1
 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,frelinghuysen1 ,ms4
 ,fudge1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1
 ,mr4 ,grayson1 ,mr4 ,al ,green of      
,texas1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,michelle  
,lujan ,grisham of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4   

,gutirrez1 ,mr4 ,higgins1 ,mr4 ,himes1  
,mr4 ,hinojosa1 ,mr4 ,israel1 ,ms4      
,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,ms4     
,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4
 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1    
,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4      
,kildee1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 
,levin1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1    
,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mrs4 ,lummis1 ,mr4      
,lynch1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4           
,mc,dermott1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4      
,meng1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mrs4 
,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4       
,perlmutter1 ,ms4 ,pingree of ,maine1   
,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1
 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,ms4 ,linda ,t4   
,snchez of ,california1 ,mr4 ,david     
,scott of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,sewell of     
,alabama1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,mr4      
,sherman1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,mr4         
,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,ms4 ,titus1 
,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4 ,tsongas1 ,mr4 ,van   
,hollen1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,waters1  
,mr4 ,watt1 ,mr4 ,waxman1 ,mr4 ,welch1  
and ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida7 introduced

 the following joint resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        
,proposing an amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
relative to equal rights for men and    
women4  ,that the following article is  
proposed as an amendment to the         
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
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 ,states3   
--  #a4 ,women shall have equal rights  
in the ,united ,states and every place  
subject to its jurisdiction4 ,equality  
of rights under the law shall not be    
denied or abridged by the ,united       
,states or by any ,state on account of  
sex4  #b4 ,congress and the several     
,states shall have the power to enforce1
 by appropriate legislation1 the        
provisions of this article4  #c4 ,this  
amendment shall take effect two years   
after the date of ratification4  4