Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2992.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 106, July 9, 2015, Page H5030):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2992, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2992

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d9175ab8945e83b16a7142c32c1f7e2766ed75f3e586f971b222dd40db1dfd6

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2992, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.