Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 40.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOUDERMILK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 19, January 30, 2019, Page H1339):
  Article V of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 40, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/40

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8fd5944ac15a61baee133b0de5d6361fe626f6095aa801f6aeffb94f537db6c9

  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. 40, 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.