Captain James A. Lovell, Jr., Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2655.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHNEIDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 63, April 17, 2023, Page H1760):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would award a Congressional Gold Medal to Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. for his service to the United States, most notably his leadership in the Apollo Space Program as captain of Apollo 13.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2023 ↗

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  263 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2655, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2655

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4bdeacf1ccff88830a1c06ddbfc097d3a070120d4a9e4c2c6451d7209aebc023

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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