U.S.-Israel Joint Missile Defense Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2240.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 73, April 28, 2017, Page H2972):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to ``provide for the common Defence'', ``to raise and support Armies'', and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

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  308 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2240, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5ffefeef9255378217fecf9b492fbfcb6a4c4ee4b7c7b56ee3f7b9f1305859dd

  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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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