To prohibit the issuance of licenses for the exportation of certain defense articles to the United Arab Emirates, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2059.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACOBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1152):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2059, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2059

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f8e6fb0eb00832169ec13153adf56b3766c8ef73ed3d60e0d0777ea407b8cac9

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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