Amendment XXVII

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

The Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was ratified on May 7, 1992. It prohibits Congress from enacting a pay raise for itself without first having an intervening election.

That practice was already prohibited by federal law, so the amendment will likely have little effect.