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. 53.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 106, June 17, 2021, Page H2930):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 17, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 53, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hjres/53

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 26, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f59c6f60f0bc367ff9c45105e070e4fc76a03258473bf7c906838174e35031d2

  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 26, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 53, last updated November 26, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.