H.J. Res. 208
Ninety-second Congress of the United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of January;
one thousand nine hundred and seventy-two
Joint Resolution
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to
equal rights for men and women.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatimes 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."