House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Rush D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Committee actionSep 27, 2007
- Passed HouseOct 15, 2007 · 382–3
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 16, 2007 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 20.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act” on October 12, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 27, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19217
- CBO publication date
- October 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 20, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/20
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act” on October 12, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 27, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19217
- CBO publication date
- October 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 20, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/20
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ee6788f1fe79949b77002113504145f56e8e5ec2f2cb6a3f0d1be4d864b48558
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-375 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 15, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/375
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 20, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/20
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ee6788f1fe79949b77002113504145f56e8e5ec2f2cb6a3f0d1be4d864b48558
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
130 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 116 Democrats
14 of 130 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Joe Barton (R-TX), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Artur Davis (D-AL) and 100 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.
- H.R. 4040 (110th) Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
- H.R. 2474 (110th) Product Safety Civil Penalties Improvement Act
- H.R. 2606 (110th) 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007
- H.Con.Res. 108 (110th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued honoring Rosa Louise McCauley Parks.
- H.R. 18 (110th) To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.
- H.R. 958 (110th) Data Accountability and Trust Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.