Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 196.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 99, June 11, 2026, Page H4113):
  Article V
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  9 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 196, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8a6a255b8dc97217e492a90b6f0f3ac4dbeb13e4603a0a3996e2fadb78a418ac

  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 August 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 196, last updated August 4, 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.