House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Clinical Trial Modernization Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8412.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 84, May 15, 2024, Page H3274):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: To remove barriers to participation in clinical trialsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 282 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8412, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8412
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 19, 2024). 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Darren Soto (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
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- H.R. 4046 (118th) CARE Act of 2023
- H.Res. 734 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day".
- H.R. 5414 (118th) Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2023
- H.R. 8325 (118th) Physician and Patient Safety 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.