Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to treat Puerto Rico as if it were a State for purposes of the election of the President and Vice President.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 105.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAYSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 173, December 2, 2016, Page H7144):
  Article 5 of the United States Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 2, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 105, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/105

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b9ec357a50c89784ed8d310f689a08cf7ddaf44d9c1c7405ca842c2474a8c5b

  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. 105, last updated January 3, 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.