Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States related to the public debt.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 229.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 189, December 19, 2024, Page H7391):
  Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution related to the public debt.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  197 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 229, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/229

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d74c20a7e4f1db921ace7512ffc9106da19043f8d152bddbe83d32567d29c0d

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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