Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the President from making recess appointments.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 96.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 107, July 5, 2016, Page H4276):
  Article V of the United States Constitution grants Congress the authority, ``whenever both Houses shall deem it necessary,'' to propose Amendments to the Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 5, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  188 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 96, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/96

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca9ef758d0b0fd7703e7f134a11d3527ff1904c95fb4c660f6664a7c3762747c

  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. 96, 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.