Certification of the 27th Amendment

This document is verification from the Archivist of the United States that the 27th Amendment was ratified by the appropriate number of states. This amendment requires a congressional election before the implementation of any legislation that changes the pay given to Congressmen. The 27th Amendment was introduced as Article 2 of the 12 Articles proposed by Congress in the original Bill of Rights in 1789 but was not ratified by the states at that time. It was re-introduced in 1992 and passed.