Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 48.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NOLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 62, April 28, 2015, Page H2499):
  Article 1, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  66 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 48, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/48

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8a512938e4d1ab5127ac71f51333b34aa305079464c14daf12a269884c4eaeda

  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. 48, 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.