Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 56.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALSH of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2535):
  Article V of the United States Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 56, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/56

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1abdcda9da610102d7db0df57ab78237337c72171f8ee5e13febb3966a337a9a

  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. 56, 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.