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.

Bill: 117-hjres-42
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2021-04-21
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Legislative rules and procedure

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution to provide that a new state may only be admitted into the union upon a vote of two-thirds of each chamber of Congress.</p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 42 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 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.

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