The phrase "amendment is needed" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the necessity of making changes or improvements to a document, policy, or law.
Example: "After reviewing the proposal, it is clear that an amendment is needed to address the concerns raised by the stakeholders."
Alternatives: "a revision is required" or "changes are necessary".
But others say that if treaty amendment is needed, it is best to get on with it.
Muslims claim the state is discriminating against their religion, while supporters — many of them Christian conservatives — say the amendment is needed to thwart what they maintain is an effort by radical Muslims to impose Shariah law in the United States.
Yes, I'm gay, and for some reason my partner and I scare the president so badly that a constitutional amendment is needed to isolate us further out of mainstream America.
Senator John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has said he supports defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, but does not think a constitutional amendment is needed.
It is precisely for this reason that a constitutional amendment is needed.
Talks have been taking place with the UK Government because ministers at Holyrood believe an amendment is needed to UK equalities legislation to protect individual celebrants who may not want to conduct same-sex ceremonies even if their church, as an organisation, backs them.
Republican legislators said the amendment was needed to block an attack on freedom and individual rights by Congress.
Mr. Coburn said the amendment was needed to prevent doctors from trying to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortions.
(The museum says no amendment was needed because, as the museum's landlord, the city can set whatever rules it wants).
The NHS Confederation, which represents NHS hospital trusts, said an amendment was needed that would require the TSA to consult with and consider the views of the organisations affected by any broader changes.
Duane Tananbaum wrote the hearings "provided the amendment's supporters with a wider forum for their argument that a constitutional amendment was needed" and gave opponents a chance to debate the issue.
