Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to temporarily fill vacancies in the House of Representatives to further the continuity of Congress.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 199.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIMMONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 110, July 2, 2026, Page H4370):
  Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  43 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 199, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/199

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e49c7cbbff432d629fd660bf735e8ed81ee686c6cadd5b2f943a225306959394

  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 July 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 199, last updated July 10, 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.