To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Don Stephens, President and Founder of Mercy Ships, in recognition of his 38 years of service as the leader of a humanitarian relief organization that exemplifies the compassionate character of America.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6221.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOHMERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 147, September 28, 2016, Page H6105):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 5. To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  141 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6221, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6221

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4a402ab2702be5624cee539bec02923cf8cfb8125f46f161b4db8c60e2c8fbc1

  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.

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