Stewart Lee Udall Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6494.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6277):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 12-14, and Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  85 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6494, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6494

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31737b5147de42f77a80f4d51ff958b5b19510d9e241801c6f801b06f521245a

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6494, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.