[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 99 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 99

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  provide that new States may be admitted to the United States upon a 
          concurrence of two thirds of each house of Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2025

   Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, and Mr. Perry) 
  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 new States may be admitted to the United States upon a 
          concurrence 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:

                              ``Article--

    ``New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union upon 
the Concurrence of two thirds of each House.''.
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