To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7211.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 15, January 22, 2026, Page H1351):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution as well as Amendment XVI
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  79 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7211, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7211

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1085ee89897726e91f69bc3e6ea99f80078eb2dfa4de696c8d1e8eb00388aa44

  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 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7211, last updated July 17, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.