House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To congressionally designate the museum to preserve the stories, knowledge, and history of the Medal of Honor to be constructed in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, as the National Medal of Honor Museum.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6123.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 144, September 22, 2016, Page H5865):Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6123, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6123
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Coffman (R-CO), Paul Cook (R-CA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Mark Sanford (R-SC), Steve Scalise (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4022 (114th) National Labor Relations Board Reform Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.