Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to suspend the debt limit, as submitted under section 1002(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 on October 17, 2013.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 99.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6828):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 relating to the power to pay the debts of the United States. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  112 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 99, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hjres/99

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  efaaeeef6ddc06edd5b043c5b34424261a522549142c6c2eb7b94c58091b6a0e

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 99, last updated December 5, 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.