Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 88.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 42, March 10, 2017, Page H2053):
  Article V of the Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  51 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 88, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/88

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15e81739172cb2e88f342e64d444a21faa4d9306ab3408dc17bb86b82aec3a68

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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