Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 28.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 13, January 22, 2025, Page H301):
  Article V of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  50 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 28, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/28

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d6648af1398090efb07b2d8a9f7010afcbb6e4243858e9c65d7658d6bb226e3a

  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. 28, 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.