The original legislation awarding a historic Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within our country from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4885.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 135, August 5, 2025, Page H3682):
  Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4885, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4885

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64d61ee934793c3b0ff9d0eb8c6a33c11a75146b371b27ec1fa7fedb94385212

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4885, last updated September 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.