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Amendment XXIII · Section 2

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The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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Passed by Congress June 16, 1960. Ratified March 29, 1961.

Source: the uploaded National Constitution Center edition. Historical wording and its bracket markers remain visible; later amendments and the reading notes explain changes.