Proposing a Federal debt limit amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 37.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YAKYM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H36):
  Article V of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would propose debt-to-GDP limit amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  187 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 37, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

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

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  54c2ca56b977aae0db8c3c07d3e7dc909e932f771c86744fde578decc8fa5bcf

  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 February 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 37, last updated February 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.