Authority for the Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4208.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RIGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 179, December 10, 2015, Page H9270):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4208, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4208

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cfecddcc3ce40af5d2a9a61c84f845b0194a65469e1ecccbd3843e7c57c3511a

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4208, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.