Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 55.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YAKYM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 64, April 18, 2023, Page H1848):
  Article V of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would propose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  187 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 55, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/55

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  894e37503650576d7dfd53fc7650ea1bd3398e0b67fc2113b94a77a4568ecad6

  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.

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