No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8778.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAREY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 103, June 18, 2024, Page H4114):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To waive the fee for the issuance of a passport for a family member of a member of the Armed Forces who is in a hospital or medical facility abroad, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  235 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8778, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8778

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 29, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0fa0c3cd16d8d75f1ea49d159adeb9d381e443fe13a2e8d676553cfac6ff672a

  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 29, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8778, last updated August 29, 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.