Reverend James Lawson, Jr., Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8760.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KHANNA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 101, June 14, 2024, Page H4109):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make laws that are necessary and proper to carry out its enumerated powers. The single subject of this legislation is: Award Congressional Gold Medal
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  218 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8760, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8760

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 29, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  28782f05716a3edff391fe6ca872a49044ceaa1933e944a31005b3b741dbe6d1

  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 29, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8760, last updated August 29, 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.