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Twenty-seventh Amendment
Timing of congressional pay changes · Ratified May 7, 1992
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Originally proposed Sept. 25, 1789. Ratified May 7, 1992.
Text from the National Archives transcription. This page is general information, not legal advice.
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