House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019

H.R. 2507Introduced May 2, 2019Policy area: Health

Sponsor: Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA

Where it went

IntroducedMay 2, 2019
Committee actionJul 17, 2019
Passed HouseJul 24, 2019 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 25, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2507.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2507, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019” on October 16, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on July 24, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55732
CBO publication date
October 16, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2507, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2507
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-174 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 23, 2019.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2507, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2507
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 72, May 2, 2019, Page H3442):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2507, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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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

50 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 34 Democrats

16 of 50 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.

Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ann Kuster (D-NH) and 20 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-40 district

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