Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the election of Senators.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 57.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 64, April 18, 2023, Page H1848):
  Article V The single subject of this legislation is: The following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. No person shall be a Senator from a State unless such person has been elected by the people thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  245 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 57, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/57

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  767f3c4bd1ca18c860e942f2845e96677b54cac61d67b939707ca1c97e009bd1

  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.

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