To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to strengthen the mental health workforce, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7787.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 41, March 4, 2026, Page H2421):
  General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  103 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7787, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7787

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 29, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 30, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72d430e7d64902d2c662ca4a3c7d4406c4fa192d90820120e914ede199281769

  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 29, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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