Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 72.

• 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. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1040):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 72, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/72

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  22a9729d67b1cc244ddf99cae81ace7931462472ef0bfdd5e8afd302d96adc53

  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 July 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 72, last updated July 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.