Uniform Credentials for IHS Providers Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8956.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 113, July 9, 2024, Page H4528):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Indian Health Care improvement Act for the Development and Implementation of a centralized system to credential licensed health professionals who seek to provide health care services at any Indian Health Service Unit
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  303 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8956, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8956

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c27b60190506186042f3154296f700420304298af8639d8da79d222dbf5d088d

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8956, last updated May 27, 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.