Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 216.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 145, September 15, 2026, Page H5832):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 216, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  304965e1c356b4dbedc5a1e68373240e2841837df3319b502ff0d2d308d8916c

  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 September 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 216, last updated September 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.