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The Senate proceeds to consider H. Res. 402 as in Committee of the Whole
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 held as part of said Constitution, namely:
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Sec. 1. Congress shall have power to abolish or modify any restrictions uponNo discrimination shall be made in any State among the citizens of the rightUnited States in the exercise of the elective franchise orprescrib in the Constitution or lawsnright to hold office in of any State on account of race, color, nativity, property, education, or creed.
Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce by proper legislation the provisions of this article.