House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Bringing Postpartum Depression Out of the Shadows Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 28, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3235.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 120, July 28, 2015, Page H5590):Under Article I of the United States Consitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 160 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3235, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3235
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 December 3, 2025). 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
88 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 67 Democrats
21 of 88 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL) and 58 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katherine Clark.
- H.R. 1462 (114th) Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015
- H.R. 4599 (114th) Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016
- H.R. 1258 (114th) Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015
- H.R. 6340 (114th) Presidential Accountability Act
- H.R. 2602 (114th) Prioritizing Online Threat Enforcement Act of 2015
- H.R. 3221 (114th) Homeless and Foster Youth Achievement Act
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.