Relating to a national emergency by the President on July 30, 2025.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 117.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 142, August 29, 2025, Page H3717):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 29, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 117, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/117

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13d0c7ae39124b23b56ddfbd5a6fd3eed0e194ce1d1bf2ef7ac3eb3d20fa727a

  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 November 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 117, last updated November 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.