To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to State educational agencies to carry out wellness programs for school personnel, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8676.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 78, May 7, 2026, Pages H3342-H3343):
  Article I Section VIII
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  22 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8676, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8676

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4daca1badb86745af1e5a1086b8560c6ec6f054b7e60a96e9c325e4f2e3e4073

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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