[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 42 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 42

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  provide that a new State may only be admitted into the Union upon a 
             vote of two-thirds of each House of Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2021

  Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. 
 Rice of South Carolina, and Mr. Duncan) submitted the following joint 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  provide that a new State may only be admitted into the Union upon a 
             vote of two-thirds of each House of Congress.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled   (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``A new State may only be admitted into the Union upon a vote of 
two-thirds of each House of Congress.''.
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