Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Insurance Regulation Amendment Act of 2024.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 82.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1340):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution in that it addresses legislation governing the affairs of the District of Columbia, and Congress has the power to ``exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  356 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 82, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/82

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d34855ea28f0ef2b68ce2ada83e3c3134b653ed4ed85255c4004586d31e35681

  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 May 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 82, last updated May 21, 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.