This is the complete list of the ratified and unratified
amendments to the United States Constitution which received the
approval of the United States Congress. Twenty-seven amendments
have been ratified since the original signing of the Constitution,
the first ten of which are known collectively as the Bill of
Rights. The procedure for amending the United States Constitution
is governed by Article V of the original text. There have been many
other proposals for amendments to the United States Constitution
introduced in Congress, but not submitted to the states.