Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 108.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMASH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 215, December 18, 2020, Page H7278):
  Article V of the Constitution empowers ``[t]he Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary'' to ``propose Amendments to this Constitution . . . which . . . shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  374 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 108, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/108

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  caebbf3652e6843d2ed448a104faf6387210a3414eb7ccb062723d3093aefba5

  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 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 108, last updated December 4, 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.