To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 256.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 256, To Repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002” on April 7, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57124

  CBO publication date

  April 7, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 256, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b55bb387932dda35c1c5084f70c5d809618345b8499a67985d308d748786bcb

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 117-56 ↗; H. Rept. 117-56,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on June 14, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/56
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/56

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 256, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b55bb387932dda35c1c5084f70c5d809618345b8499a67985d308d748786bcb

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 6, January 11, 2021, Page H124):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 256, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b55bb387932dda35c1c5084f70c5d809618345b8499a67985d308d748786bcb

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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