To permit the remains of any Medal of Honor recipient to lie in honor in the rotunda of the United States Capitol, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6378.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ELLZEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 187, November 13, 2023, Page H5729):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...'' The single subject of this legislation is: To permit the remains of any Medal of Honor recipient to lie in honor in the rotunda of the United States Capitol, and for other purposes,
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2023 ↗

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  H.R. 6378, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6378

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  a5941ccd93766aed4d89c2a322c0ed66cd73c52f135974f4a9986c63bb149d4d

  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.

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