to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

PROPOSAL AND RATIFICATION

This amendment was proposed by the Eighty-ninth Congress by Senate Joint Resolution No. 1, which was approved by the Senate on Feb. 19, 1965, and by the House of Representatives, in amended form, on Apr. 13, 1965. The House of Representatives agreed to a Conference Report on June 30, 1965, and the Senate agreed to the Conference Report on July 6, 1965. It was declared by the Administrator of General Services, on Feb. 23, 1967, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 39 of the 50 States.

This amendment was ratified by the following

States:

Nebraska, July 12, 1965; Wisconsin, July 13, 1965; Oklahoma, July 16, 1965; Massachusetts, Aug. 9, 1965; Pennsylvania, Aug. 18, 1965; Kentucky, Sept. 15, 1965; Arizona, Sept. 22, 1965; Michigan, Oct. 5, 1965; Indiana, Oct. 20, 1965; California, Oct. 21, 1965; Arkansas, Nov. 4, 1965; New Jersey, Nov. 29, 1965; Delaware, Dec. 7, 1965; Utah, Jan. 17, 1966; West Virginia, Jan. 20, 1966; Maine, Jan. 24, 1966; Rhode Island, Jan. 28, 1966; Colorado, Feb. 3, 1966; New Mexico, Feb. 3, 1966; Kansas, Feb. 8, 1966; Vermont, Feb. 10, 1966; Alaska, Feb. 18, 1966; Idaho, Mar. 2, 1966; Hawaii, Mar. 3, 1966; Virginia, Mar. 8, 1966; Mississippi, Mar. 10, 1966; New York, Mar. 14, 1966; Maryland, Mar. 23, 1966; Missouri, Mar. 30, 1966; New Hampshire, June 13, 1966; Louisiana, July 5, 1966; Tennessee, Jan. 12, 1967; Wyoming, Jan. 25, 1967; Washington, Jan. 26, 1967; Iowa, Jan. 26, 1967; Oregon, Feb. 2, 1967; Minnesota, Feb. 10, 1967; Nevada, Feb. 10, 1967.

Ratification was completed on Feb. 10, 1967.

The amendment was subsequently ratified by Connecticut, Feb. 14, 1967; Montana, Feb. 15, 1967; South Dakota, Mar. 6, 1967; Ohio, Mar. 7, 1967; Alabama, Mar. 14, 1967; North Carolina, Mar. 22, 1967; Illinois, Mar. 22, 1967; Texas, April 25, 1967; Florida, May 25, 1967.

CERTIFICATION OF VALIDITY

Publication of the certifying statement of the Administrator of General Services that the Amendment had become valid was made on Feb. 25, 1967, F.R. Doc. 67-2208, 32 F.R. 3287.

ARTICLE (XXVI.]

SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

PROPOSAL AND RATIFICATION

This amendment was proposed by the Ninety-second Congress by Senate Joint Resolution No. 7, which was approved by the Senate on Mar. 10, 1971, and by the House of Representatives on Mar. 23, 1971. It was declared by the Administrator of General Services on July 5, 1971, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 39 of the 50 States.

This amendment was ratified by the following States: Connecticut, March 23, 1971; Delaware, March 23, 1971; Minnesota, March 23, 1971; Tennessee, March 23, 1971; Washington, March 23, 1971; Hawaii, March 24, 1971; Massachusetts, March 24, 1971; Montana, March 29, 1971; Arkansas, March 30, 1971; Idaho, March 30, 1971; Iowa, March 30, 1971; Nebraska, April 2, 1971; New Jersey, April 3, 1971; Kansas, April 7, 1971; Michigan, April 7, 1971; Alaska, April 8, 1971; Maryland, April 8, 1971; Indiana, April 8, 1971; Maine, April 9, 1971; Vermont, April 16, 1971; Louisiana, April 17, 1971; California, April 19, 1971; Colorado, April 27, 1971; Pennsylvania, April 27, 1971; Texas, April 27, 1971; South Carolina, April 28, 1971; West Virginia, April 28, 1971; New Hampshire, May 13, 1971; Arizona, May 14, 1971; Rhode Island, May 27, 1971; New York, June 2, 1971; Oregon, June 4, 1971; Missouri, June 14, 1971; Wisconsin, June 22, 1971; Illinois, June 29, 1971; Alabama, June 30, 1971; Ohio, June 30, 1971; North Carolina, July 1, 1971; Oklahoma, July 1, 1971. Ratification was completed on July 1, 1971.

The amendment was subsequently ratified by Virginia, July 8, 1971; Wyoming, July 8, 1971; Georgia, October 4, 1971.

CERTIFICATION OF VALIDITY

Publication of the certifying statement of the Administrator of General Services that the Amendment had become valid was made on July 7, 1971, F.R. Doc. 71-9691, 36 F.R. 12725.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 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:

[DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STATUS]

"ARTICLE

"SECTION 1. For purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and article V of this Constitution, the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall be treated as though it were a State.

"SEC. 2. The exercise of the rights and powers conferred under this article shall be by the people of the District constituting the seat of government, and as shall be provided by the Congress.

"SEC. 3. The twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

"SEC. 4. This article shall be inoperative, unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission."

Passed by Congress on Aug. 22, 1978, and submitted to the Legislatures of the States for ratification under Const. Art. 5.

This article shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution of the United States when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress.

Except in cases in the land or naval forces, or in
the militia when in actual service. (Amend-
ments]

Appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with
such exceptions and under such regulations as
Congress shall make. In what cases the Supreme
Court shall have

Application of the legislature or the executive of a
State. The United States shall protect each State
against invasion and domestic violence on the

Application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the
States, Congress shall call a convention for propos-
ing amendments to the Constitution. On the

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Accused shall have a speedy public trial. In all crimi-
nal prosecutions the. [Amendments).

Answer for a capital or infamous crime unless on
presentment of a grand jury. No person shall be
held to. [Amendments]

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He shall be tried by an impartial jury of the
State and district where the crime was commit-
ted. [Amendments].

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To appoint ambassadors or other public minis-
ters and consuls by and with the

To appoint all other officers of the United
States not herein otherwise provided for by
and with the....

Affirmation. Senators sitting to try impeachments
shall be on oath or

To be taken by the President of the United
States. Form of the oath or

No warrants shall be issued but upon probable
cause and on oath or. [Amendments]

To support the Constitution. Senators and Rep-
resentatives, members of State legislatures, ex-
ecutive and judicial officers, both State and
Federal, shall be bound by oath or...

Age. No person shall be a Representative who shall
not have attained twenty-five years of

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have
attained thirty years of

Rights of citizens of the United States, who are
eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United States or
any State on account of age. [Amendments]...... 26 1

Agreement or compact with another State without
the consent of Congress. No State shall enter into
any

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Appointment of officers and authority to train the
militia reserved to the States respectively

Of such inferior officers as they may think
proper in the President alone. Congress may
by law vest the.

In the courts of law or in the heads of depart-
ments. Congress may by law vest the.

Apportionment of representation and direct taxation
among the several States. Provisions relating to

the

Of Representatives among the several States.
Provisions relating to the. [Amendments]...
Appropriate legislation. Congress shall have power
to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying
into execution the foregoing powers, and all other
powers vested by the Constitution in the Govern-
ment of the United States, or in any department
or officer thereof

Congress shall have power to enforce the thir-
teenth article, prohibiting slavery by. [Amend-
ments]

Congress shall have power to enforce the provi-
sions of the fourteenth article by. [Amend-
ments]
Congress shall have power to enforce the provi-
sions of the fifteenth article by. (Amend-
ments]

Congress shall have power to enforce the provi-
sions of the twenty-sixth article by. [Amend-
ments]

Appropriation of money for raising and supporting
armies shall be for a longer term than two years.
But no

Appropriations made by law. No money shall be
drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of
Approve and sign a bill before it shall become a law.
The President shall

He shall return it to the House in which it origi-
nated, with his objections, if he does not.

Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be
for a longer term than two years. Congress shall
have power to raise and support....

Armies. Congress shall make rules for the govern-
ment and regulation of the land and naval forces
Arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia
being necessary to the security of a free State, the
right of the people to keep and bear. [Amend-
ments]...

Arrest during their attendance at the session of their
respective Houses, and in going to and returning
from the same. Members shall in all cases, except
treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privi-
leged from

Arsenals. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority
over all places purchased for the erection of
Articles exported from any State. No tax or duty
shall be laid on

Arts by securing to authors and inventors their
patent rights. Congress may promote the progress
of science and the useful.

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Bankruptcies. Congress shall have power to pass
uniform laws on the subject of
Basis of representation among the several States.
Provisions relating to the. [Amendments)....

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Bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated
militia being necessary to the security of a free
State, the right of the people to keep and.
[Amendments]

Behavior. The judges of the Supreme and inferior
courts shall hold their offices during good.

Bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.
No

Bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing
the obligation of contracts. No State shall pass
any.

Bills of credit. No State shall emit
Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House
of Representatives. All

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Art. Sec. Cl.

Citizen of the United States. No person shall be a
Senator who shall not have attained the age of
thirty years, and been nine years a..

No person shall be a Representative who shall
not have attained the age of twenty-five years,
and been seven years a....

Right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by
the United States or any State for failure to
pay any poll tax or other tax. [Amendments)
Right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or any State on
account of sex. [Amendments]

Right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by
the United States or any State to any citizen
eighteen years or older, on account of age.
[Amendments).

Citizenship. Citizens of each State shall be entitled
to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of
the several States

All persons born or naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
are citizens of the United States and of the
State in which they reside. [Amendments]

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26 1

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No State shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States. [Amendments)..... 14 1

Nor shall any State deprive any person of life,
liberty, or property without due process of law.
[Amendments)...

Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the laws. [Amend-
ments]

Citizens or subjects of a foreign state. The judicial
power of the United States shall not extend to
suits in law or equity brought against one of the
States by the citizens of another State, or by.
[Amendments]

Civil officers of the United States shall, on impeach-
ment for and conviction of treason, bribery, and
other high crimes and misdemeanors be removed.
All..

Claims of the United States or any particular State
in the territory or public property. Nothing in this
Constitution shall be construed to prejudice

Classification of Senators. Immediately after they
shall be assembled after the first election, they
shall be divided as equally as may be into three
classes

The seats of the Senators of the first class shall
be vacated at the expiration of the second year
The seats of the Senators of the second class at
the expiration of the fourth year

The seats of the Senators of the third class at
the expiration of the sixth year.

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Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by
the President, the question shall be taken by
yeas and nays...

Coin money and regulate the value thereof and of
foreign coin. Congress shall have power to

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172

Not returned by the President within ten days
(Sundays excepted), shall unless Congress ad-
journ, become laws

Coin of the United States. Congress shall provide
for punishing the counterfeiting the securities and

Color, or previous condition of servitude. The right
of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of race. [Amendments]

Comfort. Treason against the United States shall
consist in levying war against them, and giving
their enemies aid and..

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331

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Bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers
shall be removed on impeachment for and convic-
tion of treason

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Commerce or revenue. No preference shall be given
to the ports of one State over those of another by
any regulation of

Vessels clearing from the ports of one State shall
not pay duties in those of another

Commissions to expire at the end of the next ses-
sion. The President may fill vacancies that happen
in the recess of the Senate by granting.

Common defense, promote the general welfare, &c.
To insure the. [Preamble)

Common defense and general welfare. Congress shall
have power to provide for the

Common law, where the amount involved exceeds
twenty dollars, shall be tried by jury. Suits at.
[Amendments]

No fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reex-
amined in any court of the United States than
according to the rules of the. [Amendments]

Compact with another State. No State shall, with-
out consent of Congress, enter into any agreement

Art. Sec. Cl.

Compensation of the judges of the Supreme and in-
ferior courts shall not be diminished during their
continuance in office

Compensation. Private property shall not be taken
for public use without just. [Amendments]
Compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his
favor. In criminal prosecutions the accused shall
have. [Amendments).

Confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty,
alliance, or

All debts contracted and engagements entered
into before the adoption of this Constitution
shall be valid against the United States under
it, as under the

Confession in open court. Conviction of treason
shall be on the testimony of two persons to the
overt act, or upon

Congress of the United States. All legislative powers
shall be vested in a

Shall consist of a Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives....

Shall assemble at least once in every year, which
shall be on the first Monday of December,
unless they by law appoint a different day.........
May at any time alter regulations for elections
of Senators and Representatives, except as to
the places of choosing Senators..

Art. Sec. Cl.

May determine the time of choosing the electors
for President and Vice-President and the day
on which they shall give their votes

The President may, on extraordinary occasions,
convene either House of

The manner in which the acts, records, and judi-
cial proceedings of the States shall be pre-
scribed by

New States may be admitted by Congress into
this Union..

Shall have power to make all needful rules and
regulations respecting the territory or other
property belonging to the United States.
Amendments to the Constitution shall be pro-
posed whenever it shall be deemed necessary
by two-thirds of both Houses of.

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Persons engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the United States disqualified for Sen-
ators or Representatives in. [Amendments]...... 14 3

But such disqualification may be removed by a
vote of two-thirds of both Houses of. [Amend-
ments]

Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate leg-
islation, the thirteenth amendment. [Amend-
ments]...

Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate leg-
islation, the fourteenth amendment. [Amend-
ments]..

Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate leg-
islation, the fifteenth amendment. [Amend-
ments]

Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate leg-
islation, the nineteenth amendment. (Amend-
ments]...

Sessions, time of assembling. [Amendments]
Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate leg-
islation, the twenty third amendment.
[Amendments).

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Each House shall keep a journal of its proceed-
ings

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Neither House, during the session of Congress,
shall, without the consent of the other, ad-
journ for more than three days

154

Senators and Representatives shall receive a
compensation to be ascertained by law

Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate leg-

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They shall in all cases, except treason, felony,
and breach of peace, be privileged from arrest
during attendance at their respective Houses,
and in going to and returning from the same

islation, the
[Amendments]...
Confirmation by majority vote of Vice-President
nominated by the President where vacancy in
office occurs. [Amendments]

sixth

amendment.

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25 2

No Senator or Representative shall, during his
term, be appointed to any civil office which
shall have been created, or of which the
emoluments shall have been increased, during
such term.

Consent of Congress. No person holding any office of
profit or trust under the United States shall
accept of any present, emolument, office, or title
of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or
foreign potentate, without the

No State shall lay any imposts, or duties on im-
ports, except what may be absolutely neces-
sary for executing its inspection laws, without
the

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Shall have power to borrow money on the credit

No State shall lay any duty of tonnage, keep
troops or ships of war in time of peace, without

of the United States

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the

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To coin money, regulate its value and the value
of foreign coin, and to fix the standard of
weights and measures.

185

To punish the counterfeiting the securities and
current coin of the United States

To establish post-offices and post-roads
To promote the progress of science and the

useful arts

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No State shall engage in war unless actually in-
vaded, or in such imminent danger as will not
admit of delay, without the

No new State shall be formed or erected within
the jurisdiction of any other State, nor any
State be formed by the junction of two or
more States, or parts of States, without the
consent of the legislatures thereof, as well as
the

Consent of the legislature of the State in which the
same may be. Congress shall exercise exclusive au-
thority over all places purchased for the erection
of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other
needful buildings by the