Lethal Means Safety Training Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8418.

• 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. 85, May 16, 2024, Page H3329):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention training course of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2024 ↗

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  277 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8418, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8418

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 12, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2dffce955b1dbc2744e30c76af72f0e5c56218d8fc2638c91ba431a83b854227

  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 November 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8418, last updated November 12, 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.