Authorizing the use of military force against certain Mexican cartels.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 81.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEUBE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 53, March 24, 2025, Page H1219):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 81, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/81

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  350127d60fc8eb2d71beaef84432580393db11117eabf87c90e574a4dd7773d4

  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 October 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 81, last updated October 18, 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.