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. 83.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ASHFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 34, March 2, 2016, Page H1117):
  Article V of the Constitution, that grants Congress the authority, whenever two thirds of both chambers deem is necessary, to propose amendments to the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  165 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 83, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/83

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ee47ec5c50ba36055e64cf045b58af92da72cbf6f0ed27c4b860a8deba02144b

  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. 83, 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.