- Event type: CREATE
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.
The House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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Session 5052: 1865-12-05 12:00:00
Papers on contested elections in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York are presented; E.D Holbrook from Idaho and Francis Thomas from Maryland enter the House; H. R. 1 is introduced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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H. Res. 5
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment of the Constitution of the United States in regard to the debt of the so-called Confederate States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States shall be proposed, and, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution of the United States:
Neither the United States nor any State in the Union shall ever assume or pay any part of the debt of the so-called confederate States of America, or of any State contracted to carry on war with the United States.
Decisions yet to be taken
Document Timeline
- H. Res. 5 (introduced on 1865-12-05 12:00:00 - CREATE - e129736) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1865-12-05 12:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e129738) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Print (introduced on 1865-12-05 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e129743)
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- None (introduced on 1865-12-05 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e129744) [view current proposal at this moment]