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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  2. Full Record: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  3. Committee:House Committee on the Judiciary
  4. Session: 1865-12-15 10:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE_FROM

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 12986: 1865-12-15 10:00:00

H. R. 1 continues to be considered; H. R. 3 is considered; H. Res. 1 is recommended by the committee

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H. Res. 9

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JOINT RESOLUTION

To amend the Constitution of the United States.

Resolved by the House of Representatives of the United States, (the Senate concurring,) That the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States be, and the same hereby is, proposed to the Legislatures of the several States for ratification, namely:

ARTICLE —.

No tax, duty, or impost shall be laid, nor shall any appropriation of money be made by either the United States or any one of the States thereof for the purpose of paying, either in whole or in part, any debt, contract, or liability whatsoever, incurred, made, or suffered by any one or more of the States or the people thereof for the purpose of aiding a rebellion against the Constitution and laws of the United States.

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