Improving Mental Healthcare in the Re-Entry System Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8397.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHERRILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 83, May 14, 2024, Page H3205):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America The single subject of this legislation is: Improving community safety by expanding access to mental health services for justice-involved individuals
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  236 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8397, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61e37671cbb99f2975d67c8b47706c68c1a37c1f2dd4ce1085969d235e85f197

  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 October 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8397, last updated October 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.