Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 116-hjres-98
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-10-06
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

District of Columbia

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the Twenty-third Amendment to the Constitution (allowing citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors, who in turn vote in the electoral college for the President and Vice President).</p>

tv_txt: IA 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 98 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 6, 2020 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: — 1. The twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. .