Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights protected and extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 54.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H678):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 54, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/54

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e1add38470fa608e93b292896f45890ad69be0c3c68155b8700742ff8ef83bc6

  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 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 54, last updated September 22, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.