Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7539.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7539, Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act” on December 8, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56890

  CBO publication date

  December 8, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7539, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7539

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 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. 116-692 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 24, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 24, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/692

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7539, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7539

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. 166, No. 124, July 9, 2020, Page H3077):
  Article 1, Section 8--to provide for the general welfare and to regulate commerce among the states.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  99 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7539, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7539

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d6b4b3c35848d41c0dd0cec3b45337aa932d66a414047e1e97aa35c9faa03552

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