Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 16.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H94):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution [page H10170]
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  59 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 16, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/16

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  efa778fa790657e4a295a63f98228b8f6e8f4bb0d3efeab6ff608bb9c52f9f2d

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 16, last updated February 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.