To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Special Forces Command Sergeant Major Ramon Rodriguez of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1596.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 49, March 24, 2015, Page H1901):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 13 and 14 The Congress shall have the Power To provide and maintain a Navy; and to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  208 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1596, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc8c61156a14084f50552a8c9e083f20c63b7378f78eed9107632c5ab5109e47

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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