Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 43.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PELOSI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1252):
  The principle constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of Appropriations made by law . . .'' In addition, clause I of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together these specific Constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  819 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 43, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/43

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a0ffa7e81e0ebdb5a55bc88167439a80e407a28a0eb7973b4be40b2def0333f5

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 43, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.