Amendment XXII, Section 2

Debates in Congress

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  House, February 6, 1947 (2), ¶ 86

  This article shall be . inoperative · unless it shall have been ratified , as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of th .

  The paragraph gives the words of section 2 of the joint resolution; this run of words appears unchanged in Section 2 of the Twenty-second Amendment.

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  House, February 6, 1947 (2), ¶ 377

  This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legisla t ures of three-fourths of the several S t a t es within 7 years from the date of its submission to the S t ates by the Cong…

  The paragraph gives the words of section 2 of the joint resolution; this run of words appears unchanged in Section 2 of the Twenty-second Amendment.

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  Senate, March 5, 1947, ¶ 8

  This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have · been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as .

  The paragraph gives the words of section 2 as reported by the Senate committee; this run of words appears unchanged in Section 2 of the Twenty-second Amendment.

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  Senate, March 7, 1947 (2), ¶ 14

  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 7 years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress."

  The paragraph gives the words of section 5 of a resolution offered as a substitute; this run of words appears unchanged in Section 2 of the Twenty-second Amendment.