To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 608.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H663):
  Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 608, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/608

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08fcfd737c808e25b08c59a348c77abc3efac07e73342edd90c879ac08191cc3

  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 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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