Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to control entitlement spending.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 126.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAWFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7892):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation 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

  104 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 126, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hjres/126

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5687121b91da6fe942749a3ff4fcbdcd04b0f3877c1aec6f031c58f8d0855b93

  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. 126, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.