National Strategy for Social Connection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8490.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 89, May 22, 2024, Page H3484):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Social Connection
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  106 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8490, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8490

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 22, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c556906130c5aed5f11a9f6ebb3e7db7c025a07c8483ae9d66688ff23a6210b4

  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 August 22, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8490, last updated August 22, 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.