Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 37.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Pages H557-H558):
  ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  305 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 37, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/37

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 29, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5923df543cf8137df4c039be24d3e6f571b095a8ccd04f019b10e75ed1be7625

  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 29, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 37, last updated September 29, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.