House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2022
- Committee actionMay 18, 2022
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2022 · 220–205
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 11, 2022 — 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. 7780.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Revenue Effects of H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act” on September 26, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on September 23, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58525
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7780, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7780
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-484 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on September 22, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/484
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7780, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7780
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c75747b4d595bc22f2592052f606cf8ccface4dd83d237c84398967fc1c012a8
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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. DeSAULNIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 83, May 16, 2022, Page H5009):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7780, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7780
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c75747b4d595bc22f2592052f606cf8ccface4dd83d237c84398967fc1c012a8
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Robert Scott (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 188 (117th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 842) to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947…
- H.Res. 303 (117th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to…
Related bills
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Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.