To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Earl L. Nolte for acts of valor as a member of the Army during World War II.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10021.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINSTAD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 126, August 3, 2026, Page H5214):
  Article I, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 3, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10021, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10021

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  288d2562222fb6284b736df91b6158645363b05ce0bc7d3a9118d921aa5438ce

  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 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10021, last updated August 24, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.