Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 103.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RANGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 165, November 17, 2016, Page H6302):
  Article 5 The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 17, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  867 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 103, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/103

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  94007e1520b17522a738d9f64df0e1da59e68c7f376b0367e7b5f3fb1f2002c2

  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 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 103, last updated December 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.