House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Rural Wellness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 24, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4603.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CARAVEO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 120, July 13, 2023, Pages H3575-H3576):Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) The single subject of this legislation is: Prioritize behavioral and mental health treatment and substance use disorder treatment in certain Rural Development programsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 249 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4603, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2024
- 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 August 12, 2024). 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
12 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 9 Democrats
3 of 12 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Troy Carter (D-LA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), William Keating (D-MA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Yadira Caraveo.
- H.R. 4152 (118th) Space Resources Institute Act
- H.R. 9194 (118th) Nucleic Acid Standards for Biosecurity Act
- H.R. 7059 (118th) ACCESS Act of 2024
- H.R. 4060 (118th) Food Access and Stability Act of 2023
- H.R. 5989 (118th) Rural Health Care Facilities Revitalization Act
- H.R. 8199 (118th) Increasing Nutrition Access for Seniors Act of 2024
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.