To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1247.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H971):
  U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Commemorative
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  96 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1247, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1247

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 13, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2fccd1af02509ba0e6a4eef2d3843f9b9bb50e2a61df9941392ed508063f164c

  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 13, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1247, last updated December 13, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.