A 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.

Bill: 117-sjres-18
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-04-22
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: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: IIA 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 18 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 22, 2021 Mr. Marshall introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and 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 The twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. 2.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. .