1、United States qi America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 99 th - CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 131 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1785 No. 47 NORTHERN KENTUCIV IUNiVEFlSlTV LIBRARY or STAATES INTO UNION AgpW rm! ORICWAL TIRTEW: A B R X HISTORY m ANALYSIS 0 1 TRI: STATEHOOD PROCESS (BY Peter 8. Sheridan
2、, Analyst in American National Government. Government Divi- slon, April 2. 1985. Congnssibnal Re- search Service. Library of Con-) 1 . B A C X C R O - The authority for admitting new stit& into the Union is vested in Congress by Artf- cle N. Section 3. of the Constitution of the United States. ss fo
3、llows: New States may be admitteh by the con- gress into the Union: but no new State shaU be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State: nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or P a . i ? s of States, without the consent of the Eeproduced by t h e Library o f Cmgress , o n r e s s i o n a l Research Service. June 1 4 , 1985.