Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 188.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 86, May 20, 2026, Page H3671):
  Article V of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 188, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/188

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4efb47325119af042b51ce6f1cedfc9c9153ae6a224299dd17966ae5ae7e3b4c

  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 June 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 188, last updated June 16, 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.