Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8542.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3524):
  Artilce I, Section 8, Clause 6 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would award Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner with a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of his service to the United States during World War II and his contributions to the medical field, particularly, gastroenteroloy.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8542, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 22, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f93da225e631b944955877b3217793a27cacfd2b796c65e9a2c6315a4c4b5adb

  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 August 22, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8542, last updated August 22, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.