Representative Green's Original Legislation to increase from 9 to 13 the number of justices of the Supreme Court.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8647.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 77, May 4, 2026, Page H3337):
  Necessary and Proper Clause (Art 1. Sec 8. Cl. 18)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  50 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8647, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8647

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f60041403527ff9dbf1870f53ad6e18833b1d4fc7244bf4427073147067e56a0

  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 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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