Action for Dental Health Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 539.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 13, January 27, 2015, Pages H639-H640):
  The Taxing Clause, USC Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States[.]''). The Action for Dental Health Act would use federal tax dollars to provide grants for elibigle oral health professionals to purchase mobile dental units to provide free dental services to underserved communcities. Furhtermore, increasing access to no- or low- cost dental and oral health services improves the nation's public health, or ``general welfare[.]'' Therefore, the Action for Dental Health Act is a valid exercise of the Taxing Clause.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2015 ↗

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  H.R. 539, 114th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

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  September 22, 2026

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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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