House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2021
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2021 — 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. 1475.
- 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. 167, No. 38, March 1, 2021, Page H883):Article l, 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 this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1475, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1475
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
62 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 60 Democrats
2 of 62 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cori Bush (D-MO), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL) and 32 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
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- H.R. 370 (117th) Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2021
- H.R. 6856 (117th) Securing Air Travel Act
- H.R. 622 (117th) Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.