Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8966.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 113, July 9, 2024, Page H4529):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to improve the recruitment and retention of employees in the Indian Health Service, restore accountability in the Indian Health Service, improve health services, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  341 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8966, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  50ae2877740e97abea6ba0c50831e897156dfc26dba29d11955efca35139a42c

  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 January 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8966, last updated January 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.