Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that debate upon legislation pending before the Senate may not be brought to a close without the concurrence of a minimum of three-fifths of the Senators.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 4.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H43):
  Article 5. The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the U.S. Constitution to provide that debate upon legislation pending before the Senate may not be brought to a close without the concurrence of a minimum of three-fifths of the Senators.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  248 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 4, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/4

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 8, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d419e154f4db874b04ea5b25e506d7c293787e6f4f86130f80a0dc920b97694d

  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 November 8, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 4, last updated November 8, 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.