House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Priority for Pediatric Cures Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permanently extend the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award priority review vouchers for rare pediatric disease products.
Sponsor: Rep. Gus Bilirakis R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10359.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 144, September 14, 2026, Page H5622):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10359, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10359
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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 October 20, 2026). 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Josh Riley (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gus Bilirakis.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.