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Amendment XXVII


Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified May 7, 1992.

No law varying the compensation for the services of Senators and Representatives shall take effect until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.


Article I, section 6 was modified by this amendment.
 

 

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