Mental Health Emergency Needs in Disasters Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8422.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BALINT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 85, May 16, 2024, Page H3329):
  Article 1, Section 1 The single subject of this legislation is: Mental Health
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  77 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8422, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8422

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 2, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  89501d93b199c0e6dfb2dbbcd28989d6c40a2a80a5cd9f956cf027b6cd65e1b0

  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 2, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8422, last updated November 2, 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.