Local 9–8–8 Response Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4974.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARDENAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4143):
  Article 1, Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. The single subject of this legislation is: Improve routing to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  271 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4974, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 1, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b5c160022839a51746b4588966ccbd3b2b270652a410cf2095b20987b94bc050

  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 January 1, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4974, last updated January 1, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.