Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the United States Government from increasing its debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of the membership of each House of Congress.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 18.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 5, January 12, 2015, Page H225):
  Article V of the United States Constitution provides for amendments to the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  102 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 18, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/18

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  185f7a3de4911dbcfc53926a5feda6a7442e6053832fd31bba251c052194510a

  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 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 18, last updated January 2, 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.