Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 669.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TED LIEU of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H688):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the power to declare war.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  94 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 669, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/669

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  588dd5b6f1f2d8dcf04ec02a0c9a296307507468b8147334d017e29570a4b3d3

  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. 669, 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.