EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT EXTENSION

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

ON

H.J. Res. 638

EXTENDING THE RATIFICATION PERIOD FOR THE PROPOSED
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

26-365

NOVEMBER 1, 4, AND 8, 1977; AND MAY 17, 18, 19, 1978

Serial No. 41

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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JACK BROOKS, Texas
ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin

DON EDWARDS, California
JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan
JOSHUA EILBERG, Pennsylvania
WALTER FLOWERS, Alabama
JAMES R. MANN, South Carolina
JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio
GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California
ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts
BARBARA JORDAN, Texas
ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, New York
ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky
WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey
SAM B. HALL, JR., Texas
LAMAR GUDGER, North Carolina
HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri
HERBERT E. HARRIS II, Virginia
JIM SANTINI, Nevada

ALLEN E. ERTEL, Pennsylvania
BILLY LEE EVANS, Georgia

ANTHONY C. BEILENSON, California

ROBERT MCCLORY, Illinois
TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois
CHARLES E. WIGGINS, California
HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York
M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia
WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine
CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California
JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois
THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio
HAROLD S. SAWYER, Michigan

ALAN A. PARKER, General Counsel
GARNER J. CLINE, Staff Director
FRANKLIN G. POLK, Associate Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
DON EDWARDS, California, Chairman

JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio
ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts
HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri
ANTHONY C. BEILENSON, California

M: CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia
ROBERT MCCLORY, Illinois

THOMAS P. BREEN, Counsel

CATHERINE LEROY, Assistant Counsel
JANICE COOPER, Assistant Counsel

ROSCOE B. STAREK III, Associate Counsel

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