21st Amendment

Repeal of Prohibition

• ### Section 1 Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment

The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

Section 2 Importation, Transportation, and Sale of Liquor

The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

• • Amdt21.S2.1Discrimination Against Interstate Commerce

• • Amdt21.S2.2State Regulation of Imports Destined for a Federal Area

• • Amdt21.S2.3Imports, Exports, and Foreign Commerce

• • Amdt21.S2.4Effect of Section 2 upon Other Constitutional Provisions

• • Amdt21.S2.5Effect on Federal Regulation

Section 3 Ratification Deadline

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.