Mental Health Justice Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6451.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 191, November 17, 2023, Page H5900):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and political subdivisions thereof to hire, employ, train, and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  471 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6451, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6451

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d8a76f1b4a43360342d046a2740bd1e6ede82849727531afcc2d8d2c785ee230

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6451, last updated May 27, 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.