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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 42
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 21, 2021Mr. 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:
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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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