Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 75.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOUDERMILK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2961):
  Article V: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution that would require the Federal budget to be balanced.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  285 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 75, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/75

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  00e6d611d4ec3a463d4cf2becb1e3f2699995acb1ce4ee7a4f63709c5f77fbe2

  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. 75, 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.