Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 18.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. EMERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H178):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to propose Amendments to the United States Constitution when two thirds of both Houses deem it necessary, pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  248 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 18, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hjres/18

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ffdcc00c90d496799d1a9129291ba25372ee4ee9ce0cad1993e697ab3ca2c86d

  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. 18, 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.