Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 104.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 203, December 2, 2020, Page H6046):
  Article V
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 2, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  9 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 104, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/104

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c14b1f780e9e00b5e14435a5abc0baf93ec85225c4d6def84724c1904c4f7d1

  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 November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 104, last updated November 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.