Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 19.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 10, January 12, 2023, Page H236):
  Article V
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  9 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 19, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/19

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d50541e3bc961ec751b7120ec9c6be67f40b419ae723b2990d1f01d7d302e5fe

  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 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 19, last updated July 24, 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.