Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 227.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 185, December 12, 2024, Page H7143):
  Article V The single subject of this legislation is: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  246 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 227, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/227

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c330b22b20ac1390a242c07fc88258eb950f12f027a2495f8349801954097b1c

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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