Barbara Johns Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5561.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 63, April 18, 2018, Page H3443):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5561, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5561

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f1795d53f04c422cd93928c0dfddc9c95aa2acc6fbeddf91c5d4280bba5b355c

  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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5561, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.