To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Edwin Cole "Ed" Bearss, in recognition of his contributions to preservation of American Civil War history and continued efforts to bring our nation's history alive for new generations through his interpretive storytelling.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1225.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 34, February 27, 2017, Page H1355):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1225, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1225

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9cd42e369cc265159633d15fb4b286852eb35aff10a911d58fd480a2ae106a7a

  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. 1225, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.