House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Mental Health in Our Communities Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4574.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARBER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3447):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4574, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4574
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
66 cosponsors — 65 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 66 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Steve Israel (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Sander Levin (D-MI), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and 36 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.