Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to temporarily fill vacancies in the House of Representatives to further the continuity of Congress.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 118.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 41, March 7, 2024, Page H1034):
  Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: Congressional continuity.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  90 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 118, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/118

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b93c4978fe0a239f488efd8f8915c463e435aa163d3685a8c9bf25237a8d0f78

  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 July 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 118, last updated July 9, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.