Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 38.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LESKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1052):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Parental rights to be preserved in the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 38, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/38

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18b38cc9e3d93fd393ee56fcd7ad205bcf9626cee836f5ce40d46a565d81512d

  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. 38, 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.