Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting the pardon power of the President.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 77.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 108, June 21, 2023, Page H3073):
  Article V The single subject of this legislation is: pardon power
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 77, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/77

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 24, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4af838dddf2e29a36af46e468ad790cd611890a9c8bf3b6711f0328e90336a96

  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 June 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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