The twenty-seventh
article of
amendment to
the Constitution of the United States of America was
ratified May 7, 1992, by the
vote of
Michigan.
Congress originally submitted it as part of the proposed
Bill of Rights on
September 25, 1789. The
Amendment was not ratified together with the
first ten Amendments, which became effective on
December 15, 1791.
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
See also:
Amendment I,
Amendment II,
Amendment III,
Amendment IV,
Amendment V,
Amendment VI,
Amendment VII,
Amendment VIII,
Amendment IX,
Amendment X,
Amendment XI,
Amendment XII,
Amendment XIII,
Amendment XIV,
Amendment XV,
Amendment XVI,
Amendment XVII,
Amendment XVIII,
Amendment XIX,
Amendment XX,
Amendment XXI,
Amendment XXII,
Amendment XXIII,
Amendment XXIV,
Amendment XXV,
Amendment XXVI