To authorize the President to award the Purple Heart to Louis Boria, Jr., for injuries incurred during World War II and the Korean War while a member of the Marine Corps.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4140.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 104, June 14, 2023, Page H2934):
  Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill authorizes the President to award a Purple Heart to Louis Boria, Jr.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2023 ↗

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  177 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4140, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4140

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b888526c4205051202e5abd2eb656128355290bf9873fa9b4e0ae61e9248b804

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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