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H.R. 3988: MINDS Act

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H.R. 3988: MINDS Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-17 · International Affairs · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

MINDS Act

Plain summary

Mental Health in International Development and Humanitarian Settings Act or the MINDS Act This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State to integrate mental health and psychosocial support activities across all U.S. foreign assistance programs, with a particular focus on children and other vulnerable populations. To facilitate this integration, the bill makes organizational changes at the USAID. It authorizes the USAID to appoint a coordinator to oversee and direct mental health and psychosocial support activities. The coordinator must ensure that these activities focus on children, adult caretakers and families, displaced populations, and other vulnerable groups. In addition, the bill establishes a working group comprised of representatives from every USAID bureau and the Department of State to coordinate interagency efforts related to, promote best practices for, and ensure sustainability and continuity of mental health and psychosocial support activities. The USAID and the State Department must brief Congress about the amount of foreign assistance spending on mental health and psychosocial support activities and related matters.

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Official text

MINDS Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] · 55 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3988, Mental Health in International Development and Humanitarian Settings Act (2022-06-27)

Cosponsors on this site

Joe Wilson (R-SC), Dina Titus (D-NV), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), William R. Keating (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Josh Harder (D-CA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3988 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117