Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8400.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VEASEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 83, May 14, 2024, Page H3205):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve children's, vision and eye health through grants to States, territories, and Tribal organizations, and the provision of technical assistance to support those efforts.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  310 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8400, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8400

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 26, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  46934c6e9c94302f5db4a63390847fdcb107c532efe6f3fe3965e05eda9575ec

  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 26, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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