Agent Orange Service Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1728.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN DREW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 52, March 22, 2023, Page H1329):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The bill directs the Secretary of Defense to design and produce a service medal for veterans who recieve compensation for side effects from agent orange exposure.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2023 ↗

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  226 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1728, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1728

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  82e1c0a02da1371d73d20cca851153960a9596cd00655c5cd5df1326aeeb5a78

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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