To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 587.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LYNCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 9, January 16, 2019, Page H676):
  Article III, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  33 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 587, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/587

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  efee1813aa7ba261c33a9f452984cbf04d577bc1efc2a4369605fd29a1cc4492

  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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