Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 36.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1430):
  Article V of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the authority to propose Constitutional amendments. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  130 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 36, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hjres/36

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ce79a7f52e5e122b11c1055093b0ecc575e320c707d5e9736f30fb7af1196edb

  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. 36, 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.