[Proposed by Congress
on June 4, 1919;
declared ratified
on August 26, 1920.]
[Woman Suffrage]
The right of citizens
of the United States
to vote
shall not be denied
or abridged
by the United States
or by any State
on account of sex.
Congress
shall have power
to enforce this article
by appropriate legislation.
[Proposed by Congress
on March 2, 1932;
declared ratified
on February 6, 1933.]
Section 1
[Terms of Office]
The terms
of the President
and Vice President
shall end at noon
on the 20th day
of January,
and the terms
of Senators
and Representatives
at noon
on the 3d day
of January,
of the years
in which such terms
would have ended
if this article
had not been ratified;
and the terms
of their successors
shall then begin.
Section 2
[Time of Convening Congress]
The Congress
shall assemble at least
once in every year,
and such meeting
shall begin
at noon
on the 3d day
of January,
unless
they shall by law
appoint
a different day.
Section 3
[Death of President-Elect]
If,
at the time fixed
for the beginning
of the term
of the President,
the President elect
shall have died,
the Vice President elect
shall become
President.
If a President
shall not have been chosen
before the time fixed
for the beginning
of his term,
or
if the President elect
shall have failed
to qualify,
then the Vice President elect
shall act
as President
until a President
shall have qualified;
and the Congress
may by law provide
for the case
wherein
neither a President elect
nor a Vice President elect
shall have qualified,
declaring
who shall then act
as President,
or the manner
in which one
who is to act
shall be selected,
and such person
shall act accordingly
until a President
or Vice President
shall have qualified.
Section 4
[Election of The President]
The Congress
may by law provide
for the case
of the death
of any of the persons
from whom
the House of Representatives
may choose
a President
whenever
the right of choice
shall have devolved
upon them,
and
for the case
of the death
of any of the persons
from whom
the Senate
may choose
a Vice President
whenever
the right of choice
shall have devolved
upon them.
Section 5
[Amendment Takes Effect]
Sections 1 and 2
shall take effect
on the 15th day
of October
following
the ratification
of this article.
Section 6
[Ratification Within Seven Years]
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.
[Proposed by Congress
on February 20, 1933;
declared ratified
on December 5, 1933.]
Section 1
[National Liquor Prohibition Repealed]
The eighteenth article
of amendment
to the Constitution
of the United States
is hereby repealed.
Section 2
[Transportation of Liquor into "Dry" States]
The transportation
or importation
into any State,
Territory,
or Possession
of the United States
for delivery
or use therein
of intoxicating liquors,
in violation
of the laws thereof,
is hereby prohibited.
Section 3
[Ratification Within Seven Years]
This article
shall be inoperative
unless it
shall have been ratified
as an amendment
to the Constitution
by conventions
in the several States,
as provided
in the Constitution,
within seven years
from the date
of the submission
hereof to the States
by the Congress.
[Proposed by Congress
on March 21, 1947;
declared ratified
on February 27, 1951.]
Section 1
[Tenure of President Limited]
No person
shall be elected
to the office
of President
more than twice,
and no person
who has held
the office of President
or acted as President,
for more than
two years of a term
to which
some other person
was elected President
shall be elected
to the office
of the President
more than once.
But this Article
shall not apply
to any person
holding the office
of President
when this Article
was proposed
by the Congress,
and shall not prevent
any person
who may be holding
the office of President,
or acting
as President,
during the term
within which this Article
becomes operative
from holding
the office of President
or acting
as President
during the remainder
of such term.