House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
CARE for First Responders Act
Official title: To increase access to mental health, substance use, and counseling services for first responders, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6601.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TOKUDA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 208, December 10, 2025, Page H5562):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6601, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
19 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 16 Democrats
3 of 19 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Derek Tran (D-CA), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jill Tokuda.
- H.R. 375 (119th) Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025
- H.R. 8945 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Wai'anae, Hawai'i, as the "U.S.…
- H.R. 4967 (119th) Keep Seniors Fed Act
- H.R. 3373 (119th) GHOST Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1278 (119th) Reaffirming congressional support for the Taiwan Relations Act and longstanding bipartisan Taiwan policy.
- H.R. 5217 (119th) Rural Behavioral Health Improvement 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.