Helping Families Heal Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8470.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 88, May 21, 2024, Page H3398):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make awards to increase or improve access to comprehensive mental and behavioral health services for individuals exposed to violent encounters involving law enforcement personnel.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  302 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8470, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8470

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  34b65bcfaeab06b03ea5786bdcbb310d4b2fd8ead1d0f1d90af2ddd2b48e0055

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8470, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.