Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2519.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2519, Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2019” on December 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 24, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56931

  CBO publication date

  December 24, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2519, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2519

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b70189f6afc112da83fe8ed0c6e89e1fc081aefdaf10928f24233a5f0b79f397

• 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. 116-544 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 29, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/544

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2519, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2519

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b70189f6afc112da83fe8ed0c6e89e1fc081aefdaf10928f24233a5f0b79f397

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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. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 73, May 3, 2019, Page H3448):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 3, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2519, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2519

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b70189f6afc112da83fe8ed0c6e89e1fc081aefdaf10928f24233a5f0b79f397

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2519, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.