Proposed March 4, 1789
After the first enumeration required by the first Article of the
Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty
thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which
the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall
be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one
Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number
of Representatives shall amount to two hundred; after which the
proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall not
be less than two hundred Representatives, nor more than one
Representative for every fifty thousand persons.
Proposed 1810
Ratifification (1819) in dispute
If any Citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive or
retain any Title of Nobility or Honour, or shall, without the
Consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, Pension, Office
or Emolument of any kind whatever, from any Emperor, King, Prince
or foreign Power, such Person shall cease to be a Citizen of the
United States, and shall be incapable of holding any Office of
Trust or Profit under them, or either of them.
Proposed 1861
No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize
or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any
State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of
persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Proposed 1926
Section 1
The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the
labor of persons under eighteen years of age.
Section 2
The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article
except that the operation of State laws shall be suspended to the
extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the
Congress.
Proposed 1972
Section 1
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by
the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Section 2
The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate
legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 3
This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of
ratification.
Proposed 1978
Section 1
For purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the
President and Vice President, and article V of this Constitution,
the District constituting the seat of government of the United
States shall be treated as though it were a State.
Section 2
The exercise of the rights and powers conferred under this article
shall be by the people of the District constituting the seat of
government, and as shall be provided by the Congress.
Section 3
The twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution of the
United States is hereby repealed.
Section 4
This article shall be inoperative, unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of
three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the
date of its submission. |
