Blaine Act

Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Nicknames	Blaine Act
Enacted by	the 72nd United States Congress
Effective	February 20, 1933
Codification
Acts repealed	Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S.J.Res. 211 by John J. Blaine (R-WI) on December 6, 1932 Committee consideration by Judiciary Passed the Senate on February 17, 1933 (63-23) Passed the House on February 20, 1933 (289-121)

The Blaine Act, formally titled Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution, is a joint resolution adopted by the United States Congress on February 20, 1933, initiating repeal of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which established Prohibition in the United States. Repeal was finalized when the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified by the required minimum number of states on December 5, 1933.