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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:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1866-04-30 12:00:00
  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.

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The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress

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Session 5605: 1866-04-30 12:00:00

The Joint Committee on Reconstruction reports H. Res. 127, H. R. 543, and H. R. 544

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H. Res. 127

There are 3 proposed amendments related to this document on which decisions have not been taken.

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Be it 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 article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely:

ARTICLE —.

SEC. 1. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

SEC. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But whenever in any State the elective franchise shall be denied to any portion of its male citizens not less than twenty-one years of age, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation in such State shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of male citizens shall bear to the whole number of such male citizens not less than twenty-one years of age.

SEC. 3. Until the fourth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy, all persons who voluntarily adhered to the late insurrection, giving it aid and comfort, shall be excluded from the right to vote for representatives in Congress and for electors for President and Vice President of the United States.

SEC. 4. Neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation already incurred, or which may hereafter be incurred, in aid of insurrection or of war against the United States, or any claim for compensation for loss of involuntary service or labor.

SEC. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this article.

Decisions yet to be taken

  • H. Res. 127 (introduced on 1866-04-30 12:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e896844) [This document]
    • Motion to Recommit H. Res. 127 with Instructions (introduced on 1866-05-08 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e666498)
      • Motion to Recommit H. Res. 127 with Mr. McKee's Instructions (introduced on 1866-05-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e896888)
    • Motion to Recommit H. Res. 127 with Mr. McKee's Instructions (introduced on 1866-05-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e896888)
    • Notice of a Motion to call the Previous Question (introduced on 1866-05-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e896896)

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