Gold Star Children Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3938.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAYLOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 125, July 24, 2019, Page H7378):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 24, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  303 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3938, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3938

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c2ac4c4218c2bf8d83decc4a3a1f5489182dc9bb642aad41791eb0441f41c33b

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3938, last updated February 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.