[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 3, Chapters 10 - 14]
[Chapter 13. Powers and Prerogatives of the House]
[A. Generally]
[Â§ 2. Admitting States to the Union]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                               CHAPTER 13
 
                  Powers and Prerogatives of the House
 
                              A. GENERALLY
 
Sec. 2. Admitting States to the Union

    Article IV, section 3, clause 1, empowers Congress to admit new 
states to the Union. No new state may be formed within the jurisdiction 
of any other state or by the junction of two or more states, or parts 
of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the two states 
concerned as well as the Congress.(2)
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 2. See House Rules and Manual Sec. 216 (1973); and Constitution of the 
        United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, S. Doc. 
        No. 9282, 92d Cong. 2d Sess., pp. 842-845 (1973) for discussion 
        of this provision.                          -------------------
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Alaska

Sec. 2.1 The House and Senate agreed to a bill admitting Alaska into 
    the Union.

    The House on May 28, 1958,(3) and the Senate on June 30, 
1958,(4) agreed to H.R. 7999, admitting Alaska into the 
Union. The measure was approved on July 7, 1958.(5)
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 3. 104 Cong. Rec. 9756, 9757, 85th Cong. 2d Sess.
 4. Id. at p. 12650.
 5. 572 Stat. 339 (Pub. L. No. 85-508).
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Hawaii

Sec. 2.2 The Senate and House agreed to a bill admitting Hawaii into 
    the Union.

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    The Senate on Mar. 11, 1959,6 and the House on Mar. 12, 
1959,7 agreed to S. 50 admitting Hawaii into the Union. The 
House agreed to S. 50 in lieu of H.R. 4221.8 S. 50 was 
approved on Mar. 18, 1959.9
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 6. 105 Cong. Rec. 3890, 86th Cong. 1st Sess.
 7. Id. at pp. 4038, 4039.
 8. See 105 Cong. Rec. 4005, 86th Cong. 1st Sess., Mar. 12, 1959, for 
        the unanimous-consent agreement to consider S. 50 in lieu of 
        H.R. 4221.
 9. 73 Stat. 4 (Pub. L. No. 86-3).
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