Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 95.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 166, September 24, 2020, Page H4959):
  Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  51 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 95, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/95

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ff67d6b4e1c96d151879e878a9b1f2f032316b0a481813f0edda95d8567eb3da

  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. 95, 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.