[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H482]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CARNEY:
       H.J. Res. 24.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the United States Constitution: ``The 
     Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it 
     necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, 
     on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the 
     several States, shall call a Convention for proposing 
     Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all 
     Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when 
     ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several 
     States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the 
     one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the 
     Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior 
     to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any 
     Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth 
     Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its 
     Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the 
     Senate.''