House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Promising Pathway Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 7, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4408.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 114, June 30, 2023, Page H3160):The Interstate Commerce Clause: Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I. The single subject of this legislation is: Pharmaceutical approval and safetySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4408, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f87275a742fe6b363cf81a5c20849f55d61b240d4a2c4dad899a14f2f0ff784
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 December 5, 2025). 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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Gallagher.
- H.R. 7521 (118th) Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
- H.R. 5917 (118th) Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act
- H.R. 915 (118th) Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act
- H.R. 4577 (118th) Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act
- H.R. 1803 (118th) CURD Act
- H.R. 4545 (118th) Retroactive Foreign Agents Registration Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.