Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 16.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Page H206):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constituion [page H10170]
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  58 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 16, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/16

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 12, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e1037332f9f507365c8d0b700f8ea4e2e0471bc5c418ef65d9fa1174e46181a

  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 June 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 16, last updated June 12, 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.