House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Valley Fever Awareness and Vaccine Development and Manufacturing Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 8, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9942.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUARTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 154, October 8, 2024, Page H5861):Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To support the development, licensing, and initial manufacturing of a human vaccine for Valley Fever.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 189 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9942, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9942
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- 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 August 14, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Jim Costa (D-CA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 8880 (118th) Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
- H.R. 8495 (118th) EV Fair Trade Act of 2024
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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.