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H.J.Res. 258 (93rd): Joint resolution designating August 26 of each year as “Women’s Equality Day”.


Sponsor and status

Introduced
Jan 30, 1973
93rd Congress (1973–1974)
Status
Enacted Via Other Measures

Provisions of this resolution were incorporated into other resolutions which were enacted.

Sponsor

Bella Abzug

Representative for New York's 20th congressional district

Democrat

Cosponsors

3 Cosponsors (3 Democrats)

Source

History

Jan 30, 1973
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

H.J.Res. 258 (93rd) was a joint resolution in the United States Congress.

A joint resolution is often used in the same manner as a bill. If passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and signed by the President, it becomes a law. Joint resolutions are also used to propose amendments to the Constitution.

Resolutions numbers restart every two years. That means there are other resolutions with the number H.J.Res. 258. This is the one from the 93rd Congress.

This joint resolution was introduced in the 93rd Congress, which met from Jan 3, 1973 to Dec 20, 1974. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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