Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 55.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 78, May 20, 2015, Page H3507):
  Article V of the Constitution states that ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution . . .'' This joint resolution is submitted for Congress to consider whether it is necessary to amend the Constitution to include it. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  317 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 55, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/55

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f8ed84621dd88416390c511e7349269ddad6fdd8119809956dc32544f3fe1f94

  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. 55, 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.