Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 1.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 1, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices” on July 23, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 3, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62597

  CBO publication date

  July 23, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 1, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/1

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 5, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  695b243f3128b376130cd30d1be6236b0a8c8848eac5b446d26cafbf87f43438

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-732 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 6, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 6, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/732

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 1, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/1

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 5, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  695b243f3128b376130cd30d1be6236b0a8c8848eac5b446d26cafbf87f43438

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H43):
  Artcile 5 The single subject of this legislation is: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  196 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 1, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/1

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 5, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  695b243f3128b376130cd30d1be6236b0a8c8848eac5b446d26cafbf87f43438

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 1, last updated September 5, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.