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. 106.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 213, December 16, 2020, Page H7229):
  Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 16, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  51 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 106, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/106

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  27c7dba4a00475db0f00fa37f49219362c298891ed8cda4c925ff8029609ac95

  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. 106, 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.