Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 2.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H47):
  Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  35 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 2, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/2

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4520328335f04fc4a3c0862298a7d46cf3759d3c61460176fae8eb58b82d9301

  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 December 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 2, last updated December 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.