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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—1787

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viously passed the House on March 2, 1978. The proposed amendment, which was not ratified by three-fourths of the States within the specified seven-year period, is as follows: J OINT R ESOLUTION P ROPOSING AN A MENDMENT TO THE C ONSTITUTION T O P ROVIDE FOR R EPRESENTATION OF THE D ISTRICT OF C OLUMBIA IN THE C ONGRESS . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two- thirds of each House concurring therein) , That the follow ing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con stitution 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 from the date of its submission by the Congress:

‘‘S ECTION 1. For purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and article V of this Constitution, the District con stituting the seat of government of the United States shall be treated as though it were a State. ‘‘S EC . 2. The exercise of the rights and powers con ferred under this article shall be by the people of the District constituting the seat of government, and as shall be provided by the Congress. ‘‘S EC . 3. The twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby re pealed. ‘‘S EC . 4. This article shall be inoperative, unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Con stitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the sev eral States within seven years from the date of its sub mission.’’

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