Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish an upper limit on the age of eligibility for service as President, Vice President, or Member of Congress.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 87.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JAMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 142, September 5, 2023, Page H4223):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Elected Officials
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 5, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  115 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 87, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/87

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d127fd35d0de98731803db52babaf5be31511af0bd485a6cea572e3408319701

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 87, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.