[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 28, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 1244.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18:
       [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested 
     by this Constitution in the Government of the United States 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof
       The single subject of this legislation is:
       This bill will award a Congressional Gold Medal, 
     collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved 
     within the United States from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 
     1865