House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2019
- Committee actionSep 29, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5469.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5469, Pursuing Equity in Mental Health 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/56934
- CBO publication date
- December 24, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5469, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-552 ↗. 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/552
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5469, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1377162ea8d0b72087ecfe043e7d8399250a5d1168dc9bef74e34506377d90b4
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 204, December 17, 2019, Page H10610):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 264 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5469, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1377162ea8d0b72087ecfe043e7d8399250a5d1168dc9bef74e34506377d90b4
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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
35 cosponsors — 35 Democrats
0 of 35 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Jesús García (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.