Student Suicide Prevention Awareness Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8961.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3725):
  General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  103 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8961, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8961

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f102772dabfebf9896a6175e05476be97e9a1e45bbca0585e75be6f29546e137

  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 July 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8961, last updated July 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.