Amend. XXVI, § 2
Power to enforce the Twenty-sixth 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 Ninety-second Congress by Senate Joint Resolution No. 7, which was approved by the Senate on March 10, 1971, and by the House of Representatives on March 23, 1971. It was declared by the Administrator of General Services on July 5, 1971, to have been ratified by the legislature of 39 of the 50 States. was completed on July 1, 1971.
Simplified explanation
Congress has power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.