Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 89.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 45, March 15, 2017, Page H2084):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11, the Congress has the power to declare war. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  96 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 89, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/89

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6aed410f24222556c9ec82c81b73c96c300f9e3173c74f24c346f06da417e694

  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.J.Res. 89, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.