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.

The judicial power of the United States shall
extend to all cases affecting

Amendments to the Constitution. Whenever two-
thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary,
Congress shall propose

To the Constitution. On application of the legis-
latures of two-thirds of the States, Congress
shall call a convention to propose....
Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures
of, or by conventions in, three-fourths of the
States

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

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

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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

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Acts. Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving
such acts, records, and proceedings

Adjourn from day to day. A smaller number than a
quorum of each House may..

Adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other
place than that in which they shall be sitting. Nei-
ther House shall, during the session of Congress,
without the consent of the other

Adjournment, the President may adjourn them to
such time as he shall think proper. In case of dis-
agreement between the two Houses as to.
Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial
power shall extend to all cases of...

Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no
new States shall be formed or erected within the
jurisdiction of any other State. New States may be
Nor shall any State be formed by the junction of
two or more States, or parts of States, without
the consent of the legislatures and of Congress
Adoption of the Constitution shall be valid. All
debts and engagements contracted by the confed-
eration and before the...
Advice and consent of the Senate. The President
shall have power to make treaties by and with the.
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

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 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...

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

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

Aid and comfort. Treason against the United States
shall consist in levying war against them, adhering
to their enemies, and giving them..
Alliance or confederation. No State shall enter into
any treaty of....

Ambassadors, or other public ministers and consuls.
The President may appoint...

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

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Assistance of counsel for his defense. In all criminal
prosecutions the accused shall have the. (Amend-
ments]..

Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in
aid of rebellion or insurrection against the United
States. Provisions against the. [Amendments]
Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No bill
of............

Attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the ob-
ligation of contracts. No State shall pass any bill
of........

Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of
blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the
person attainted..

Authors and inventors the exclusive right to their
writings and inventions. Congress shall have power
to secure to

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Bail. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces-
sive fines nor cruel and unusual punishments im-
posed. [Amendments]....

Ballot for President and Vice-President. The elec-
tors shall vote by. [Amendments]
Ballot. If no person have a majority of the electoral
votes for President and Vice-President, the House
of Representatives shall immediately choose the
President by. [Amendments]
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)....
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, er 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

Bills which shall have passed the Senate and House
of Representatives shall, before they become laws,
be presented to the President.

If he approve, he shall sign them; if he disap-
prove, he shall return them, with his objec-
tions, to that House in which they originated.
Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by
the President with his objections, if two-thirds
of each House agree to pass the same, it shall
become a law...

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

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

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2

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2

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

Borrow money on the credit of the United States.
Congress shall have power to.....
Bounties and pensions, shall not be questioned. The
validity of the public debt incurred in suppressing
insurrection and rebellion against the United
States, including the debt for. [Amendments]....
Breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest
while attending the session, and in going to and re-
turning from the same. Senators and Representa-
tives, except for treason, felony, and....
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.......

Coin money and regulate the value thereof and of
foreign coin. Congress shall have power to
Coin of the United States. Congress shall provide
for punishing the counterfeiting the securities and
current..

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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...

Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, and of
the militia when in actual service. The President
shall be

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Capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on in-
dictment of a grand jury, except in certain speci-
fied cases. No person shall be held to answer for a.
[Amendments]

Capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in
proportion to the census or enumeration. No.
Captures on land and water. Congress shall make
rules concerning..

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]

Census or enumeration of the inhabitants shall be
made within three years after the first meeting of
Congress, and within every subsequent term of ten
years thereafter.

Census or enumeration. No capitation or other
direct tax shall be laid except in proportion to the.
Chief Justice shall preside when the President of the
United States is tried upon impeachment. The.
Choosing the electors and the day on which they
shall give their votes, which shall be the same
throughout the United States. Congress may de-
termine the time of

Citizen of the United States at the adoption of the
Constitution shall be eligible to the office of Presi-
dent. No person not a natural-born...

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

Compact with a foreign power. No State shall, with-
out the consent of Congress, enter into any agree-
ment or...

Compensation of Senators and Representatives to
be ascertained by law.

Compensation of the President shall not be in-
creased nor diminished during the period for
which he shall be elected..

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......
Each House shall be the judge of the elections,
returns, and qualifications of its own members.
A majority of each House shall constitute a
quorum to do business.

A smaller number may adjourn from day to day
and compel the attendance of absent members.
Each House may determine the rules of its pro-
ceedings, punish its members for disorderly be-
havior, and, with the concurrence of two-
thirds, expel a member......

Each House shall keep a journal of its proceed-
ings

Neither House, during the session of Congress,
shall, without the consent of the other, ad-
journ for more than three days.....
Senators and Representatives shall receive a
compensation to be ascertained by law
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....
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

Proceedings in cases of bills returned by the
President with his objections.

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

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

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No State shall enter into any agreement or com-
pact with another State, or with a foreign
power, without the

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

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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

Consent of the legislatures of the States and of Con-
gress. No States shall be formed by the junction of
two or more States or parts of States without the...
Consent of the other. Neither House, during the ses-
sion of Congress, shall adjourn for more than
three days, nor to any other place than that in
which they shall be sitting, without the.
Consent of the owner. No soldier shall be quartered
in time of peace in any house without the.
[Amendments]

Consent of the Senate. The President shall have
power to make treaties, by and with the advice and
The President shall appoint ambassadors, other
public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su-
preme Court, and all other officers created by
law and not otherwise herein provided for, by
and with the advice and....

Constitution, in the Government of the United
States, or in any department or officer thereof.
Congress shall have power to pass all laws neces-
sary to the execution of the powers vested by the...
Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of Presi-
dent. No person except a natural-born citizen, or a
citizen at the time of the adoption of the.......