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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.
House Committee on the Judiciary
The Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives for the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress.
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Session 5861: 1866-01-09 10:00:00
H. Res. 30 and H. R. 88 are referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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H. Res. 30
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States in regard to the apportionment of representatives.
Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring,) That the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States shall be proposed to the several States, and when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution of the United States:
Amend the second section of the first article so far as it provides for the apportionment of the representatives among the States so as to read as follows:
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included in the Union according to their respective numbers. In making an enumeration for this purpose, persons of any race or color that are excluded by the laws of any State from the privilege of voting shall be excluded from the enumeration of persons in such State. Congress, at the first session after the ratification of this amendment by the required number of States, shall provide for ascertaining the number of persons in each State, and for an apportionment of representatives among the several States.
Decisions yet to be taken
Document Timeline
- H. Res. 30 (introduced on 1866-01-09 10:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e663281) [This document]
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- Motion to Ask to be Discharged from the Further Consideration of H. Res. 30 (introduced on 1866-01-23 10:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e842667)
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- None (introduced on 1866-01-23 10:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e842668) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Ask to be Discharged from the Further Consideration of H. Res. 30 (introduced on 1866-01-23 10:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e842667)
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