House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
NIH Reform Act
Official title: To replace the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases with 3 separate national research institutes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chip Roy R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1497.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 35, February 21, 2025, Page H730):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution - to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 297 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1497, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
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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 — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Andy Harris (R-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy.
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- H.Res. 1189 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690) to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building…
- H.Res. 354 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 60) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
- H.Res. 405 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2240) to require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against…
- H.R. 22 (119th) SAVE Act
Related bills
- S. 664 (119th) NIH Reform ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.