To authorize the creation of a service ribbon to be awarded to a member of the National Guard who performs homeland defense duty.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8131.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 58, March 27, 2026, Page H2790):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8131, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  389478bddad106c4f81d1a2486fb943001d02abc8d3271178e332cea84380c41

  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 April 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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