Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 709.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 21, February 1, 2023, Page H629):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal act will award Muhammad Ali with the Congressional Gold Medal
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  204 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 709, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  962944cc51d05c273b8238f022772e1e686e1df1c2fc89ff97ccd5a967af6733

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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