Proclamations, Executive Orders, Joint Resolutions and Treaties Respecting War, Neutrality and Peace. Trading With the Enemy Act of 1917. Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1918. Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. Office of Selective Service Records. Service Extension Act of 1941. Army Reserve and Retired Personnel Service Law of 1940. Military Selective Service Act of 1967. Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940. First War Powers Act, 1941. Second War Powers Act, 1942. Exportation Restrictions on Certain Articles. Requisition of Military Equipment, Materials and Supplies. Territorial Use of Army and Extension of Service Civilian Protection From War Hazards. Photographing, Mapping or Other Representation of Military or Defense Properties. Exemption of Certain Articles From Import Duties and Taxes. Temporary Appointments, Promotions, etc., of Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Officers. Jurisdiction of Prizes. Certain Allowance Assistance for Civilian and Military Personnel. Free Entry of Gifts From Members of Armed Forces. Free Postage for Armed Forces Personnel. Emergency Price Control Act of 1942. Stabilization Act of 1942. Extension of Sugar Controls. Missing Persons Act. Small Business Mobilization Act. War and Defense Contract Acts. National Emergency and War Shipping Acts. Training of Nurses Through Grants to Institutions. War Labor Disputes Act. Voluntary Enlistments in the Regular Military Establishment. Women's Army Corps. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Temporary Appointments of Army Nurse Corps Disposal of Materials on Public Lands. War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944. Disposal of Censored Mail. Disbursing Officers' Additional Functions. General of the Marine Corps. Admiral in the Coast Guard. Exception of Navy or Coast Guard Vessels From Certain Navigation Rules. Sale of Surplus War-Built Vessels. Rehabilitation of Philippines. Return and Interment of Persons Buried Outside United States. Veterans' Emergency Housing Program. Naval Vessels as Atomic Targets. Admission of Alien Fiancées Into United States. Military Assistance to Philippine Republic. Naval Aid to Foreign Nations. Housing and Rent Acts. Stabilization of Economy and Commodity Prices. Disposal of Government-Owned Rubber-Producing Displaced Persons, Refugees and Orphans. Export Controls. Alien Property Damage Claims. Domestic Minerals Program Extension. Domestic Tungsten, Asbestos, Fluorspar and Columbium-Tantalum Purchase Programs. Dependents Assistance Act of 1950. Civil Defense. Emergency Food Aid to India. Korean Combat Pay. World War II License Agreements. Emergency Ship Repair Program. Export Regulation. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARTICLE [XIX.] 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 sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. PROPOSAL AND RATIFICATION The nineteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-sixth Congress, on the 4th of May, 1919, and was declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 26th of August, 1920, to have been ratified by the Legislatures of the States of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. This amendment was ratified by Virginia, February 21, 1952 (after having rejected it on February 12, 1920); Florida, May 13, 1969; South Carolina, July 1, 1969 (after having rejected it on January 28, 1920); Georgia, February 20, 1970 (after having rejected it on July 24, 1919); Louisiana, June 11, 1970 (after having rejected it on July 1, 1920). 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. 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 be come 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: [EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MEN AND WOMEN] "ARTICLE "SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. "SEC. 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. "SEC. 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification." Passed by Congress on March 22, 1972 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. Page xxix |