§ 106b. — Amendments to Constitution.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 1USC106b]
TITLE 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2--ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS;
SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS
Sec. 106b. Amendments to Constitution
Whenever official notice is received at the National Archives and
Records Administration that any amendment proposed to the Constitution
of the United States has been adopted, according to the provisions of
the Constitution, the Archivist of the United States shall forthwith
cause the amendment to be published, with his certificate, specifying
the States by which the same may have been adopted, and that the same
has become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the
Constitution of the United States.
(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 2(b), 65 Stat. 710; amended Pub. L.
98-497, title I, Sec. 107(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ``National Archives and Records
Administration'' and ``Archivist of the United States'' for ``General
Services Administration'' and ``Administrator of General Services'',
respectively.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301
of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44,
Public Printing and Documents.
Similar Provisions; Repeal; Saving Clause; Delegation of Functions;
Transfer of Property and Personnel
Similar provisions were contained in R.S. Sec. 205; 1950 Reorg. Plan
No. 20, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272. R.S.
Sec. 205 was repealed by section 56(h) of act Oct. 31, 1951. Subsec. (l)
of section 56 provided that the repeal should not affect any rights or
liabilities existing under the repealed statute on the effective date of
the repeal (Oct. 31, 1951). For delegation of functions under the
repealed statute, and transfer of records, property, personnel, and
funds, see sections 3 and 4 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 112 of this title.
