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  1. Overview: United States Fifteenth Amendment
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  3. Committee:Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate
  4. Session: 1867-03-08 00:00:00
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United States Fifteenth Amendment

Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate

The Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate for the Fortieth Session of Congress

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Session 7680: 1867-03-08 00:00:00

S. Res. 8 and S. 18 are referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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Joint Resolution

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely:

ARTICLE XV.

Sec. 1. The right of citizens of the UnitedNo States to vote and hold office shall not be deniedy or abridged by the United States or any Statright of its citizens to vote and hold office on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Sec. 2. The Congress, by appropriate legislation, may enforce the provisions of this article.

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