House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2017
- Committee actionMay 17, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 20, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3192.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3192, the CHIP Mental Health Parity Act” on June 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53965
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3192, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3192
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-734 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 12, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/734
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3192, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3192
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d181fb615c2ec00526f30d3e0222ed992e84e6a8e60e1da4d5495e8753815086
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 117, July 12, 2017, Page H5759):Article I, Section 8--to provide for the general welfare and to regulate commerce among the statesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 98 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3192, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3192
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d181fb615c2ec00526f30d3e0222ed992e84e6a8e60e1da4d5495e8753815086
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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
22 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 22 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Ben Luján (D-NM), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.