Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the power of Congress to impose a tax on a failure to purchase goods or services.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 28.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALAZZO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H504):
  The legislation would limit the power of Congress to tax as stated in Article 1 Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes'' ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  172 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 28, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hjres/28

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8d1a2bf3a7e83b3f47826e1fe04bf9e6ea12a704c0fa24cdc0547c9933c5a7b

  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. 28, 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.