Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8524.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3524):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: Mental health
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  118 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8524, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8524

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63bd86ce7f1e8ca147ad9f27a8a10a578906ffb21cb099a8f08fa3c612009787

  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. 8524, 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.