Every Vote Counts Amendment

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 65.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 21, February 7, 2017, Page H1086):
  Article V of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the authority, whenever two-thirds of both chambers deem it necessary, to propose amendments to the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  180 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 65, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/65

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64fa84c7793d52a18b8a83723ec01cd035b9c81ae3c776000b8658581497c33f

  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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 65, last updated August 11, 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.