Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3498.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MFUME, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 84, May 19, 2025, Page H2147):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause, 6 empowers Congress to coin money. The U.S. Treasury through the United States Mint has historically exercised its power over coinage to strike national medals.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  190 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3498, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3498

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  be09ac8dedde166c653a9d6aa4cd7f3e59fed474ea76a12f0c045e3a797abac1

  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 October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3498, last updated October 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.