[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6035]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. DAVIDSON:
        H.J. Res. 61.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Article V, 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 Ratifiation 
     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.

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