Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution

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provision of the United States Constitution section of a constitution

Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution is the provision that governs the admission of new states to the Union and the management of federal territories and property.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Section 3 of Article IV of the United States Constitution	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ section of a constitution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New States and Property Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	federal territories of the United States ⓘ other property belonging to the United States ⓘ
assignsPowerTo	Congress of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
basisFor	congressional authority over national parks and federal lands ⓘ congressional authority over the District of Columbia in relation to federal property ⓘ
citedAs	Art. IV, § 3, U.S. Const. ⓘ
constitutionalFunction	allocates powers between states and federal government regarding territory and statehood ⓘ
contains	New States Clause of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Property Clause of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
ensures	that existing state claims are not prejudiced by federal property rules and regulations ⓘ
governs	admission of new states to the United States ⓘ combination of existing states ⓘ creation of new states within the jurisdiction of existing states ⓘ division of existing states ⓘ
grantsPower	power to admit new states into the Union ⓘ power to dispose of territory or other property belonging to the United States ⓘ power to make rules and regulations respecting territory or other property belonging to the United States ⓘ
hasPart	Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
influences	status of U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
language	English ⓘ
limits	creation of new states from parts of existing states without consent ⓘ
partOf	Article IV of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
relevantToCase	Kleppe v. New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Pollard v. Hagan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States v. Gratiot NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresConsentFrom	Congress of the United States for formation of a new state from existing states ⓘ legislatures of the states concerned for formation of a new state from their jurisdiction ⓘ
states	no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state without consent of the legislature of that state and of Congress ⓘ no state shall be formed by the junction of two or more states or parts of states without consent of the legislatures of the states concerned and of Congress ⓘ
subjectMatter	admission of states ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ management of federal property ⓘ territorial governance ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;" ⓘ
tookEffectOn	June 21, 1788 ⓘ
usedIn	enabling acts for admission of new U.S. states ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article V → relatedTo → Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Article V (Northwest Ordinance)

Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 3 of Article IV of the United States Constitution

Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution → locatedInDocument → Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ