Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court be composed of not more than nine justices.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 53.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 51, March 25, 2019, Page H2796):
  Article 5 of the Constitution authorizes Congress to propose amendments to the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  92 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 53, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/53

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  41a41fec96f78c303336227f1e7cbd5263ba39b291e93bb45311df0f59ee1a19

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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