House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Improving Mental Health Support for Servicemembers and Veterans Act
Official title: To require the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee to assess the effectiveness of certain mental health activities of the Departments, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 30, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7735.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 38, February 26, 2026, Page H2333):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7735, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7735
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 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 June 3, 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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.