Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 139.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-520 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 25, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 25, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/520

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 139, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  417ab9458b8708b2b2133a583938b4883b1e2604b7904310c05a922e5c85ca3f

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• 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. 172, No. 7, January 9, 2026, Page H616):
  Pursuant to clause 7(c)(1) of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the sponsor states that the constitutional authority for this joint resolution is section 1 of Article V of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  210 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 139, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  417ab9458b8708b2b2133a583938b4883b1e2604b7904310c05a922e5c85ca3f

  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 (as of June 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 139, last updated June 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.