Bill > HRes842

This Resolution establishes a specific voting requirement for the final approval of House Joint Resolution 79 (H.J.Res. 79). It mandates that for H.J.Res. 79 to pass, it must receive an "affirmative vote of a majority of the Members present and voting, a quorum being present." This means that more than half of the lawmakers who are actually in attendance and cast a vote must vote in favor of H.J.Res. 79, provided that a sufficient number of members (a quorum) are present to conduct business. The context for this resolution is that H.J.Res. 79 itself aims to remove the deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would prohibit discrimination based on sex.