This joint resolution seeks to formally establish the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as a valid and fully ratified part of the United States Constitution. It explicitly states that the original time limit for ratification, set forth in the 1972 House Joint Resolution 208, should not impede its adoption. The resolution asserts that the ERA is valid because it has already been ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States , thereby fulfilling the constitutional requirement for an amendment. By overriding the historical time constraint, this measure aims to definitively incorporate the ERA into the Constitution.