Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the United States government from increasing its debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of the membership of each House of Congress.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 84.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7399):
  Article V of the United States Constitution provides for amendments to the United States Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated November 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  123 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 84, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/84

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 15, 2019

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52a1e04712c524bade74564f4efc7265fdc223b128dd63c645393e4c1aa9f701

  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. 84, 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.