Amending title 36, United States Code, to direct the President to issue an annual proclamation establishing Democracy Day.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 68.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PHILLIPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 7, January 11, 2022, Page H43):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, Congress has the power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 68, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hjres/68

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13940749abe1735e6928c5b8130363edce95d7ce8c2f1b3739245043f2fe6bb6

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 68, last updated February 4, 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.