To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries).

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8711.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HOULAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 99, June 12, 2024, Page H3975):
  The ``neccessary and proper'' clause of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Creates parity of USPHS with other services for 12 weeks of parental leave
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8711, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8711

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 3, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  83cb4f94d10cd1d5171816ad4baa369d84005cdd3ed2e58ba9c60fea246c27e3

  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 December 3, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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