Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 48.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 58, March 30, 2023, Page H1695):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  435 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 48, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/48

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  25ee7897e971b879a08119d28f1bdc3e72b33e9772d17563c54cb6c4505faa4e

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 48, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.