Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for Representatives to be chosen every four years, and limiting the number of times Senators and Representatives may be elected.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 101.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RIBBLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H512):
  The constitutional amendment authority and process set forth in Article V of the U.S. Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated November 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  120 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 101, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/101

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 15, 2019

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4fac662014d76e0eb0be602f932eb7c46a1db8a27e979c858ebf4dcdacc7573f

  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 November 15, 2019). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 101, last updated November 15, 2019. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.