Amend. XXIV, § 2
Power to enforce the Twenty-fourth Amendment
Power
Voting & Elections
Amend. XI–XXVII · Later Amendments
Official text rightpowerlimitif conditionlegal term
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Proposal and ratification: This amendment was proposed by the Eighty-seventh Congress by Senate Joint Resolution No. 29, which was approved by the Senate on March 27, 1962, and by the House of Representatives on August 27, 1962. It was declared by the Administrator of General Services on February 4, 1964, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 38 of the 50 States. was completed on January 23, 1964.
Simplified explanation
Congress has power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.