Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the several States to nullify a law or regulation of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 46.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1577):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  77 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 46, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/46

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ae2757f3eaa72f85b5e26567b8e8a7fdfb89445c9270a36f46afb4bf216ae15

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 46, last updated January 3, 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.