Original Slavery Remembrance Day Resolution

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 84.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 132, August 1, 2023, Page H4160):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] 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 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill will award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within the United States from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 84, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/84

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2e06193020bb7f00968fa792bd16e6977953468bec3d5cb6e01e0f63aa2d606f

  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.J.Res. 84, last updated February 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.