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AMENDMENT XIX

AMENDMENT XX

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

AMENDMENT XXI

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

AMENDMENT XXII

Section 1

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AMENDMENT XIX

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[Proposed by Congress

on June 4, 1919;

declared ratified

on August 26, 1920.]

[Woman Suffrage]

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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.

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Congress

shall have power

to enforce this article

by appropriate legislation.

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AMENDMENT XX

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[Proposed by Congress

on March 2, 1932;

declared ratified

on February 6, 1933.]

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Section 1

[Terms of Office]

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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.

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Section 2

[Time of Convening Congress]

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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.

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Section 3

[Death of President-Elect]

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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,

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.

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Section 4

[Election of The President]

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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.

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Section 5

[Amendment Takes Effect]

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Sections 1 and 2

shall take effect

on the 15th day

of October

following

the ratification

of this article.

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Section 6

[Ratification Within Seven Years]

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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.

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AMENDMENT XXI

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[Proposed by Congress

on February 20, 1933;

declared ratified

on December 5, 1933.]

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Section 1

[National Liquor Prohibition Repealed]

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The eighteenth article

of amendment

to the Constitution

of the United States

is hereby repealed.

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Section 2

[Transportation of Liquor into "Dry" States]

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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.

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Section 3

[Ratification Within Seven Years]

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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.

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AMENDMENT XXII

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[Proposed by Congress

on March 21, 1947;

declared ratified

on February 27, 1951.]

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Section 1

[Tenure of President Limited]

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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.

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