To amend title 4, United States Code, to ensure that a funeral honors detail recites the 13 Folds of Honor when presenting a flag of the United States in connection with the death of a member of the Armed Forces or veteran.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9401.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DIAZ-BALART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 133, August 23, 2024, Page H5006):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 4, United States Code, to ensure that a funeral honors detail recites the 13 Folds of Honor when presenting a flag of the United States in connection with the death of a member of the Armed Forces or veteran.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 23, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9401, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9401

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 15, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  65ab0463b0c0338d126fb4611b1fbb92e06d26fe617a6f54220db7c9e1acb91c

  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 November 15, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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