Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit persons who are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States from voting in elections.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 31 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 31

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 prohibit persons who are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent 
        residents of the United States from voting in elections.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2025

 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. 
  Timmons, and Ms. Boebert) submitted the following joint resolution; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 prohibit persons who are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent 
        residents of the United States from voting in elections.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled   (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. A person who is not a person lawfully accorded the 
privilege of residing permanently in the United States, a person owing 
permanent allegiance to the United States, or a citizen of the United 
States may not vote in any election for Federal, State, Tribal, or 
local office, including offices in the District of Columbia or in any 
of the territories or possessions of the United States.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.
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