House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HEARTS Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that nonanimal methods are prioritized, where applicable and feasible, in proposals for all research to be conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health, to provide for the establishment of the National Center for Alternatives to Animals in Research and Testing, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1291.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H710):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 and clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 174 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1291, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1291
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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 October 6, 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
18 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 18 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Vern Buchanan (R-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), James Himes (D-CT), Susie Lee (D-NV), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
- H.R. 4638 (119th) Federal Working Animal Protection Act
- H.R. 1663 (119th) VSAFE Act of 2025
- H.R. 831 (119th) Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025
- H.R. 252 (119th) Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
- H.R. 4016 (119th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.Res. 978 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Doug LaMalfa.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.