House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HELP Act of 2026
Official title: To facilitate nationwide accessibility and coordination of 211 services in order to provide information and referral to all individuals in the United States for health and human services needs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Morgan McGarvey D-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 27, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8520.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGARVEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 73, April 27, 2026, Page H3124):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8520, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8520
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
295096f29227866140f9ba053e85f1e7c28e563ca25584a9ef2d677b0fab23bb
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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
J. Correa (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Morgan McGarvey.
- H.R. 1621 (119th) Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025
- H.R. 6579 (119th) Justice for Breonna Taylor Act
- H.R. 9195 (119th) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
- H.R. 5966 (119th) Ohio River Restoration Program Act
- H.R. 9287 (119th) Child Safety and Well-Being Act of 2026
- H.R. 6757 (119th) Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.