NIH IMPROVE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8037.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 67, April 17, 2024, Page H2502):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill provides statutory authority for the IMPROVE Initiative at the National Institutes of Health, that supports research on improving maternal health outcomes with a particular emphasis on mitigating maternal health disparities.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2024 ↗

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  324 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8037, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8037

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 17, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  92e77fc9b8f2c416ab93edfd72f289516f73d6b6051996fc095479883a9577c8

  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 September 17, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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