Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring Members of Congress to demonstrate competence in American civics.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 146.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUNT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 22, January 30, 2026, Page H1922):
  Article V
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  9 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 146, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/146

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b48c1715dfc5911c68f15bbc156b45b541368cf7da1ead574ef580712baf761e

  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 February 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 146, last updated February 2, 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.