To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist, qualified to provide clinical supervision, in the Veterans Health Administration.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8165.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 74, April 30, 2024, Page H2770):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Marriage and Family Therapists
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2024 ↗

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  93 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8165, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8165

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 9, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ea550849f93b60a4343c0512e8f65bb47faca24ae2f406dd4313d9b6f68a95b8

  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 August 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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