Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Death with Dignity Act of 2016.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 27.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr.WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H473):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to thefollowing: Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  127 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 27, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/27

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  606bc86dee3354c7d83572e056a1199239f3538f50407d6f1872ebeeaedcdf97

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 27, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.