Honoring our K9 Heroes Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8887.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 109, June 28, 2024, Page H4445):
  Article 1, Section VIII, Clause XVIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would authorize a grant program to support the medical expenses of retired federal working dogs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  228 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8887, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8887

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  493ccbdd29b3c6e8bfb14c7c691ae70355b6cffb1a4ecc03905b9a0fc748421a

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8887, last updated February 4, 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.