To authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to James C. McCloughan for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6315.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. UPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 162, November 14, 2016, Page H6179):
  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 November 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  208 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6315, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6315

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  36ceb42024c2082a7adee82e2b048fbe736d66b808ae51ba0c704fcbe14e25de

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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