Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require individuals to demonstrate cognitive competence as a condition of holding the office of President or Vice President.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 35.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DesJARLAIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 34, February 21, 2023, Page H868):
  Article V of the Constitutional authorizes Congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses ``deem it necessary,'' to propose amendments to the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require individuals to demonstrate cognitive competence as a condition of holding the office of President or Vice President
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  387 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 35, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/35

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  147ef7b40ac2ba99f2cb3bc71c806b4ed3a258c985339d741fcbbd0163ba1b6e

  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. 35, 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.