House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rural Wellness Act
Official title: To provide for the prioritization of projects that provide behavioral and mental health treatment services in selecting grantees under certain rural development programs, and extend the substance abuse disorder set-aside and priority under the programs.
Sponsor: Rep. Nikki Budzinski D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 28, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1906.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUDZINSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1039):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1906, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1906
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 5, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 5, 2026). 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), David Taylor (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikki Budzinski.
- H.R. 2034 (119th) Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act
- H.R. 3863 (119th) VA Mental Health Outreach and Engagement Act
- H.R. 2103 (119th) Protect Postal Performance Act
- H.R. 8076 (119th) PREDICT Act
- H.R. 7938 (119th) Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026
- H.R. 3183 (119th) SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.