Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 973.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H829):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  149 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 973, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/973

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9cf2724c000fc430411b9f161d78d352547ede9edfcffa7cce2c0b1c43ede349

  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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