Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the United States Government from increasing its debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of the membership of each House of Congress.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 9.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H43):
  Article V The single subject of this legislation is: Budget
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  59 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 9, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/9

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08ac74347b087c34ee3e2673be0b353329b3bacb636ee85f16dfe4c23caa6322

  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 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 9, last updated June 11, 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.