Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5879.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 82, May 18, 2018, Page H4242):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5879, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5879

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  684113bb9497055fe1be1d07147b7be610c8733353b31bea6b0a1aa87749b032

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5879, last updated December 5, 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.