To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Don and Deyon Stephens, Founders of Mercy Ships, in recognition of nearly 40 years of service as the leaders of a humanitarian relief organization that exemplifies the compassionate character of America.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4714.

• 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. 163, No. 209, December 21, 2017, Page H10420):
  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 December 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  141 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4714, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4714

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a6a08ba7064e8c19d555dc3f0527a05ddd06cda97ec661e9344a7920af0b4a2f

  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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