To prohibit the availability of funds for activities in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1666.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JONES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 50, March 22, 2017, Page H2349):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution which grants Congress the authority to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  201 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1666, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1666

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e28a6e1b66e8a114619f016eeb90368c5d0560bcc324b8d40adfef8420bebde8

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1666, last updated April 7, 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.