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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 141.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 14, January 21, 2026, Page H1173):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 141, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/141

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 26, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec40d6647990d19dd5cd21718e1f69634b31aa330667e4ffa0329dd18eb07044

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 26, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 141, last updated January 26, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.