To require the Department of Defense to share best practices with, and offer training to, State and local first responders regarding how to most effectively aid victims who experience trauma-related injuries.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 849.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 24, February 6, 2023, Page H710):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant following: Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: Training for first responders
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 849, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/849

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80e6fa031d130c0875165369bcd8305689f72ee5a15a376759ac430358a7b23b

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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