COVID–19 National Memorial Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1621.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1294):
  The Congress shall have Power to. . . provide for the. . . general Welfare of the United States; . . . The single subject of this legislation is: Establish a COVID Memorial in NYC
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  179 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1621, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6627215e6c2d27324b728d951e96046c99a98d80b72b52d96efc59adafb12bc1

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1621, last updated July 24, 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.