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Amendments (Twenty through Twenty-Six)
20th Amendment
Section 1. 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 3rd 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.
Section 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every
years, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3rd
day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a
different day.
Section 3. 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, or 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.
Section 4. 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.
Section 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of
October following the ratification of this article.
Section 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall
have been ratified as an amendment to the
Constitution by three-fourths of the several States
within seven years from the date of its submission.
21st Amendment
Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the
Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2. 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.
Section 3. 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.
22nd Amendment
Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the
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 his Article
becomes operative from holding the office of President
or acting as President during the remainder of such
term.
Section 2. 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 to the States by the Congress.
23rd Amendment
Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of
the United States shall appoint in such manner as the
Congress may direct: A number of electors of President
and Vice President equal to the whole number of
Senators and Representative in Congress to which the
District would be entitled if it were a State, but in
no event more than the least populous State; they
shall be considered, for the purposes of the election
of President and Vice President, to be electors
appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the
District and perform such duties as provided by the
twelfth article of amendment.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article
by appropriate legislation.
24th Amendment
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in
any primary or other election for President or Vice
President, for electors for President or Vice
President, or for Senator or Representative in
Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or any State by reason of failure to
pay any <« poll tax »> or other tax.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article
by appropriate legislation.
25th Amendment
Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or
of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall
become President.
Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice
President, the President shall nominate a Vice
President who shall take office upon confirmation by
a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
Section 3. Whenever the President transmits to the <« President
pro tempore »> of the Senate and the Speakers of the
House of Representatives his written declaration that
he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his
office, and until he transmits to them a written
declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties
shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting
President.
Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either
the principal officers of the executive departments or
of such other body as Congress may by law provide,
transmit to the <« President pro tempore »> of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
their written declaration that the President is unable
to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the
Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and
duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the
<« President pro tempore »> of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives his written
declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume
the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice
President and a majority of either the principal
officers of the executive department or of such other
body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within
four days to the <« President pro tempore »> of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
their written declaration that the President is unable
to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling
within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in
session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after
Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-
thirds vote of both Houses that the President is
unable to discharge the powers and duties of his
office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge
the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President
shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
26th Amendment
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are
eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of age.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this
article by appropriate legislation.