To establish the policy of the United States regarding the no-first-use of nuclear weapons.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 921.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 19, January 30, 2019, Page H1338):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to ``provide for the common defense,'' as enumerated in Article I, Section of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  188 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 921, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/921

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1963c8f58f6d3778875514e70433505e2607c9d671b3cb9a7b009cdbc94a902b

  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. 921, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.