Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that any Representative or Senator be a natural born citizen.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 206.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 121, July 23, 2026, Page H5199):
  Article V of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  44 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 206, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/206

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 30, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  405cf8c9a752b17f2699e0745fb41b7d49e798cf1a45ae2ed3884d4dedfff65b

  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 30, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 206, last updated July 30, 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.