To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 945.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 23, February 4, 2025, Page H460):
  U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  39 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 945, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/945

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  410c9104601bae70be98bf0ffcc6b31512ed88748198a3f0062629ec66251f20

  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 February 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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