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.

Bill: 119-hjres-99
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]
Introduced: 2025-06-06
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2025-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 99 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 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.

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