- Event type: CREATE
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.
The House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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Session 5086: 1865-12-11 12:00:00
Daniel Voorhees from Indiana enters the House; standing and select committees are appointed
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H. Res. 13
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend 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, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the said Constitution, namely:
ARTICLE ——.
SEC. 1. It shall be the duty of each State to provide by law for the security of life, liberty, the acquisition and enjoyment of private property, and the rightful pursuit of happiness, for all its inhabitants, without distinction; also to encourage and promote education by establishing a system of common schools, so arranged as to provide for all the youth of such State, without distinction.
SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by proper legislation whenever any State fails to comply therewith.
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Document Timeline
- H. Res. 13 (introduced on 1865-12-11 12:00:00 - CREATE - e899072) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1865-12-11 12:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e331443) [view current proposal at this moment]