House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 8, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7542.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 39, March 5, 2024, Pages H822-H823):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for congenital Cytomegalovirus screening of newborns.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 203 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7542, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7542, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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 — 1 Republican, 9 Democrats
9 of 10 cosponsors (90%) are from the other party.
Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Brandon Williams (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Lawler.
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.