USMC Helicopter Support in Vietnam Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5939.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 187, November 7, 2025, Page H4585):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  32 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5939, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5939

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a7f8a3592cf154fceef230b779f74b4c46eca7416e6126b19fddf206972a2ce4

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5939, last updated August 21, 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.