House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
POINTS Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program for providing services to individuals experiencing gambling addiction.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 9, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7875.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HOUCHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 43, March 9, 2026, Page H2477):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7875, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7875
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 7, 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
11 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Michael Turner (R-OH), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Erin Houchin.
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- H.R. 7890 (119th) Science of Reading Act of 2026
- H.R. 2399 (119th) Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.