House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Tiffany R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2023
- Committee actionJul 10, 2024
- Passed HouseSep 11, 2024 · 219–199
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1425.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1425, No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act” on August 13, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 11, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60524
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1425, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1425
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-643 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on August 30, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 30, 2024 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/643
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1425, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1425
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87ca413a071f2a1e9a67374a3b6bc25496a144b9eabb9a3f690dbae82d5ab7a6
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIFFANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 43, March 7, 2023, Page H1152):Article II, Section 2, Clause 2. The single subject of this legislation is: Requiring any agreement related to pandemic response reached by the World Health Assembly to be subject to Senate ratification.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2023 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 203 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1425, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1425
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87ca413a071f2a1e9a67374a3b6bc25496a144b9eabb9a3f690dbae82d5ab7a6
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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
59 cosponsors — 59 Republicans
0 of 59 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mark Green (R-TN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), J. Hill (R-AR), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Ronny Jackson (R-TX) and 29 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.