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United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.
Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction: Sub-Committee on Apportionment of Representation and Constitutional Amendment
A sub-committee of the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction, to which resolutions related to apportionment of representatives in Congress are referred
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Session 5178: 1866-01-19 00:00:00
The sub-committee reports propositions to be considered by the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction
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Report Recommending Propositions for Constitutional Amendment
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which, when they, or either of them, shall be ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures, shall be valid as part of said Constitution; viz:
Article A.
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States within this Union, according to
the respective numbers of citizens of the United States in each State; and all provisions in the Constitution or laws of any State, whereby any distinction is made in political or civil rights or privileges, on account of race, creed or color, shall be inoperative and void.
Or the following:
Article B.
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of citizens of the United States in each State; provided that, whenever the elective franchise shall be denied or abridged in any State on account of race, creed or color, all persons of such race, creed or color, shall be excluded from the basis of representation.
Article C.
Congress shall have power to make all laws necessary and proper to secure to all citizens of the United States, in every State, the same political rights and privileges; and to all persons in every State equal protection in the enjoyment of life, liberty and property.
Decisions yet to be taken
Document Timeline
- Report Recommending Propositions for Constitutional Amendment (introduced on 1866-01-19 00:00:00 - CREATE - e132389) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1866-01-19 00:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e132390) [view current proposal at this moment]