To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue or bust of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2230.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 73, April 28, 2017, Page H2972):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2230, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2230

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b7aa4a85fbbcc85a82f96a749fbdfbcd13735890699ce5d58c8784df553002e9

  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. 2230, 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.