Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court be composed of not more than nine justices.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 81.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 118, July 11, 2023, Page H3208):
  Article V The single subject of this legislation is: Proposes an amendment to the Constitution requiring the Supreme Court to be composed of not more than nine Justices.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 81, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/81

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6661fc0e34a2cab9d5d89d7116850705786b70b3c57b992e9135bc0e92695257

  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 4, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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