House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
HERO Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 23, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4274.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 109, June 22, 2023, Page H3110):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Mental HealthSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 102 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4274, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4274
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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
63 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 49 Democrats
14 of 63 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Flood (R-NE), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), William Keating (D-MA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Nick LaLota (R-NY) and 33 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ami Bera.
- H.R. 1776 (118th) End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2023
- H.Res. 1127 (118th) Reaffirming the United States commitment to Taiwan and recognizing the 45th anniversary of the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act.
- H.Res. 389 (118th) Acknowledging the essential contributions of frontline health workers to recovering progress and further expanding and sustaining gains in…
- H.R. 4570 (118th) Legacies of War Recognition and Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act
- H.Res. 462 (118th) Remembering the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and condemning the continued and intensifying crackdown on human rights and…
- H.Res. 935 (118th) Calling for the safe, timely, and sufficient delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.