HJRES 141 · 119th CongressIn Committeecongress.gov ↗

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require the concurrence of two-thirds of both Houses of Congress for the admission of new States into the Union.

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This bill proposes changing the Constitution to require two-thirds of both the House of Representatives and the Senate to agree before a new state can join the United States. Currently, only a simple majority vote in both houses of Congress is needed to admit new states. No official summary is available for this bill.

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January 21, 2026

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