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The Senate rejects H. Res. 402 and resumes consideration of S. Res. 8 as in Committee of the Whole; the committee reports S. Res. 8 to the Senate with no further amendment; S. Res. 8 is passed
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:
ARTICLE XV.
Sec. 1. Citizens of the United States of African descent shall have the same right to vote and to hold office in States and Territories as other citizens.
Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.