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choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the 
death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a 
Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved 
upon them.
    Sec. 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day 
of October following the ratification of this article.
    Sec. 6. 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.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    The twentieth amendment to the Constitution was proposed to the 
legislatures of the several states by the Seventy-Second Congress, on 
the 2d day of March, 1932, and was declared, in a proclamation by the 
Secretary of State, dated on the 6th day of February, 1933, to have 
been ratified by the legislatures of 36 of the 48 States. The dates of 
ratification were: Virginia, March 4, 1932; New York, March 11, 1932; 
Mississippi, March 16, 1932; Arkansas, March 17, 1932; Kentucky, March 
17, 1932; New Jersey, March 21, 1932; South Carolina, March 25, 1932; 
Michigan, March 31, 1932; Maine, April 1, 1932; Rhode Island, April 14, 
1932; Illinois, April 21, 1932; Louisiana, June 22, 1932; West 
Virginia, July 30, 1932; Pennsylvania, August 11, 1932; Indiana, August 
15, 1932; Texas, September 7, 1932; Alabama, September 13, 1932; 
California, January 4, 1933; North Carolina, January 5, 1933; North 
Dakota, January 9, 1933; Minnesota, January 12, 1933; Arizona, January 
13, 1933, Montana, January 13, 1933; Nebraska, January 13, 1933; 
Oklahoma, January 13, 1933; Kansas, January 16, 1933; Oregon, January 
16, 1933; Delaware, January 19, 1933; Washington, January 19, 1933; 
Wyoming, January 19, 1933; Iowa, January 20, 1933, South Dakota, 
January 20, 1933; Tennessee, January 20, 1933; Idaho, January 21, 1933; 
New Mexico, January 21, 1933; Georgia, January 23, 1933; Missouri, 
January 23, 1933; Ohio, January 23, 1933; Utah, January 23, 1933.
    Ratification was completed on January 23, 1933.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by Massachusetts on January 
24, 1933; Wisconsin, January 24, 1933; Colorado, January 24, 1933; 
Nevada, January 26, 1933; Connecticut, January 27, 1933; New Hampshire, 
January 31, 1933; Vermont, February 2, 1933; Maryland, March 24, 1933; 
Florida, April 26, 1933.

                             Article [XXI.]

    Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
    Section 2. The transportation or importation into any 
State, Territory, or possession of the United States for 
delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation 
of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
    Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it 
shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by 
conventions in the several States, as provided in the 
Constitution, within seven years from the date of the 
submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    The twenty-first amendment to the Constitution was proposed to the 
several states by the Seventy-Second Congress, on the 20th day of 
February, 1933, and was declared, in a proclamation by the Secretary of 
State, dated on the 5th day of December, 1933, to have been ratified by 
36 of the 48 States. The dates of ratification were: Michigan, April 
10, 1933; Wisconsin, April 25, 1933; Rhode Island, May 8, 1933; 
Wyoming, May 25, 1933; New Jersey, June 1, 1933; Delaware, June 24, 
1933; Indiana, June 26, 1933; Massachusetts, June 26, 1933; New York, 
June 27, 1933; Illinois, July 10, 1933; Iowa, July 10, 1933; 
Connecticut, July 11, 1933; New Hampshire, July 11, 1933; California, 
July 24, 1933; West Virginia, July 25, 1933; Arkansas, August 1, 1933; 
Oregon, August 7, 1933; Alabama, August 8, 1933; Tennessee, August 11, 
1933; Missouri, August 29, 1933; Arizona, September 5, 1933; Nevada, 
September 5, 1933; Vermont, September 23, 1933; Colorado, September 26, 
1933; Washington, October 3, 1933; Minnesota, October 10, 1933; Idaho, 
October 17, 1933, Maryland, October 18, 1933; Virginia, October 25, 
1933; New Mexico, November 2, 1933; Florida, November 14, 1933; Texas, 
November 24, 1933; Kentucky, November 27, 1933; Ohio, December 5, 1933; 
Pennsylvania, December 5, 1933; Utah, December 5, 1933.
    Ratification was completed on December 5, 1933.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by Maine, on December 6, 
1933, and by Montana, on August 6, 1934.
    The amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by South 
Carolina, on December 4, 1933.

                            Article [XXII.]

    Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the 
President more than twice, and no person who has held the 
office of President, or acted as President, for more than two 
years of a term of which some other person was elected 
President shall be elected to the office of the President more 
than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person 
holding the office of President when this Article was proposed 
by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be 
holding the office of President, or acting as President, during 
the term within which thisArticle becomes operative from 
holding the office of President or acting as President during the 
remainder of such term.
    Sec. 2. 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 to the States by 
the Congress.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    This amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several 
States by the Eightieth Congress on Mar. 21, 1947 by House Joint Res. 
No. 27, and was declared by the Administrator of General Services, on 
Mar. 1, 1951, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 36 of the 48 
States. The dates of ratification were: Maine, March 31, 1947; 
Michigan, March 31, 1947; Iowa, April 1, 1947; Kansas, April 1, 1947; 
New Hampshire, April 1, 1947; Delaware, April 2, 1947; Illinois, April 
3, 1947; Oregon, April 3, 1947; Colorado, April 12, 1947; California, 
April 15, 1947; New Jersey, April 15, 1947; Vermont, April 15, 1947; 
Ohio, April 16, 1947; Wisconsin, April 16, 1947; Pennsylvania, April 
29, 1947; Connecticut, May 21, 1947; Missouri, May 22, 1947; Nebraska, 
May 23, 1947; Virginia, January 28, 1948; Mississippi, February 12, 
1948; New York, March 9, 1948; South Dakota, January 21, 1949; North 
Dakota, February 25, 1949; Louisiana, May 17, 1950; Montana, January 
25, 1951; Indiana, January 29, 1951; Idaho, January 30, 1951; New 
Mexico, February 12, 1951; Wyoming, February 12, 1951; Arkansas, 
February 15, 1951; Georgia, February 17, 1951; Tennessee, February 20, 
1951; Texas, February 22, 1951; Nevada, February 26, 1951; Utah, 
February 26, 1951; Minnesota, February 27, 1951.
    Ratification was completed on February 27, 1951.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by North Carolina on 
February 28, 1951; South Carolina, March 13, 1951; Maryland, March 14, 
1951; Florida, April 16, 1951; Alabama, May 4, 1951.
    The amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by 
Oklahoma in June 1947, and Massachusetts on June 9, 1949.

                       Certification of Validity

    Publication of the certifying statement of the Administrator of 
General Services that the amendment had become valid was made on Mar. 
1, 1951, F.R. Doc. 51-2940, 16 F.R. 2019.

                            Article [XXIII.]

    Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government 
of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the 
Congress may direct:
    A number of electors of President and Vice President equal 
to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress 
to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but 
in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be 
in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be 
considered, for the purposes of the election of President and 
Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they 
shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided 
by the twelfth article of amendment.
    Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this 
article by appropriate legislation.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    This amendment was proposed by the Eighty-sixth Congress on June 
17, 1960 and was declared by the Administrator of General Services on 
Apr. 3, 1961, to have been ratified by 38 of the 50 States. The dates 
of ratification were: Hawaii, June 23, 1960 (and that State made a 
technical correction to its resolution on June 30, 1960); 
Massachusetts, August 22, 1960; New Jersey, December 19, 1960; New 
York, January 17, 1961; California, January 19, 1961; Oregon, January 
27, 1961; Maryland, January 30, 1961; Idaho, January 31, 1961; Maine, 
January 31, 1961; Minnesota, January 31, 1961; New Mexico, February 1, 
1961; Nevada, February 2, 1961; Montana, February 6, 1961; South 
Dakota, February 6, 1961; Colorado, February 8, 1961; Washington, 
February 9, 1961; West Virginia, February 9, 1961; Alaska, February 10, 
1961; Wyoming, February 13, 1961; Delaware, February 20, 1961; Utah, 
February 21, 1961; Wisconsin, February 21, 1961; Pennsylvania, February 
28, 1961; Indiana, March 3, 1961; North Dakota, March 3, 1961; 
Tennessee, March 6, 1961; Michigan, March 8, 1961; Connecticut, March 
9, 1961; Arizona, March 10, 1961; Illinois, March 14, 1961; Nebraska, 
March 15, 1961; Vermont, March 15, 1961; Iowa, March 16, 1961; 
Missouri, March 20, 1961; Oklahoma, March 21, 1961; Rhode Island, March 
22, 1961; Kansas, March 29, 1961; Ohio, March 29, 1961.
    Ratification was completed on March 29, 1961.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by New Hampshire on March 
30, 1961 (when that State annulled and then repeated its ratification 
of March 29, 1961).
    The amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by 
Arkansas on January 24, 1961.

                       Certification of Validity

    Publication of the certifying statement of the Administrator of 
General Services that the amendment had become valid was made on Apr. 
3, 1961, F.R. Doc. 61-3017, 26 F.R. 2808.

                            Article [XXIV.]

    Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to 
vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice 
President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for 
Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or 
abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure 
to pay any poll tax or other tax.
    Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this 
article by appropriate legislation.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    This amendment was proposed by the Eighty-seventh Congress by 
Senate Joint Resolution No. 29, which was approved by the Senate on 
March 27, 2962, and by the House of Representatives on Aug. 27, 1962. 
It was declared by the Administrator of General Services on Feb. 4, 
1964, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 38 of the 50 States.
    This amendment was ratified by the following States:
    Illinois, November 14, 1962; New Jersey, December 3, 1962; Oregon, 
January 25, 1963; Montana, January 28, 1963; West Virginia, February 1, 
1963; New York, February 4, 1963; Maryland, February 6, 1963; 
California, February 7, 1963; Alaska, February 11, 1963; Rhode Island, 
February 14, 1963; Indiana, February 19, 1963; Utah, February 20, 1963; 
Michigan, February 20, 1963; Colorado, February 21, 1963; Ohio, 
February 27, 1963; Minnesota, February 27, 1963; New Mexico, March 5, 
1963; Hawaii, March 6, 1963; North Dakota, March 7, 1963; Idaho, March 
8, 1963; Washington, March 14, 1963; Vermont, March 15, 1963; Nevada, 
March 19, 1963; Connecticut, March 20, 1963; Tennessee, March 21, 1963; 
Pennsylvania, March 25, 1963; Wisconsin, March 26, 1963; Kansas, March 
28, 1963; Massachusetts, March 28, 1963; Nebraska, April 4, 1963; 
Florida, April 18, 1963; Iowa, April 24, 1963; Delaware, May 1, 1963; 
Missouri, May 13, 1963; New Hampshire, June 12, 1963; Kentucky, June 
27, 1963; Maine, January 16, 1964; South Dakota, January 23, 1964; 
Virginia, February 25, 1977.
    Ratification was completed on January 23, 1964.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by North Carolina on May 3, 
1989.
    The amendment was rejected by Mississippi (and not subsequently 
ratified) on December 20, 1962.

                       Certification of Validity

    Publication of the certifying statement of the Administrator of 
General Services that the amendment had become valid was made on Feb. 
5, 1964, F.R. Doc. 64-1229, 29 F.R. 1715.

                             Article [XXV.]

    Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from 
office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall 
become President.
    Sec. 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the 
Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President 
who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of 
both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President 
pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to 
discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he 
transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such 
powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as 
Acting President.
    Sec. 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of 
either the principal officers of the executive departments or 
of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit 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, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers 
and duties of the office as Acting President.
    Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President 
pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives his written declaration that no inability 
exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office 
unless the Vice President and a majority of either the 
principal officers of the executive department \17\ or of such 
other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four 
days 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.
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\17\ So in original. Probably should be ``departments''.
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                       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 
15, 1965; Massachusetts, August 9, 1965; Pennsylvania, August 18, 1965; 
Kentucky, September 15, 1965; Arizona, September 22, 1965; Michigan, 
October 5, 1965; Indiana, October 20, 1965; California, October 21, 
1965; Arkansas, November 4, 1965; New Jersey, November 29, 1965; 

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