Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 85.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOUDERMILK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 35, March 3, 2016, Page H1145):
  Article V of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power to propose amendments to the Constitution when two- thirds of both chambers shall deem it necessary. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 85, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/85

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5348db2b8f48187927cede1b97a7b624f956528db499fe701bbd0448403cdcb6

  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. 85, 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.