A bill to provide procedures for determining the validity of a ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

2 May 1978

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Status

Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Prohibits any proposed constitutional amendment from becoming an amendment unless, in addition to ratification by three-fourths of the States, both Houses of Congress pass a resolution declaring that such ratification was made within a reasonable time after submission to the States and fairly represents a current consensus by three-fourths of the States that the proposed amendment be a part of the Constitution.

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summary · EN · 2 May 1978
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/12503
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