House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Cerebral Palsy Research Program Authorization Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program of research related to cerebral palsy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Cohen D-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2178.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 50, March 18, 2025, Pages H1171-H1172):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2178, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 144 (119th) Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act
- H.R. 1669 (119th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program.
- H.R. 9401 (119th) Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026
- H.R. 5451 (119th) Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025
- H.R. 5427 (119th) Billionaires Income Tax Act
- H.R. 1056 (119th) To include the Czech Republic in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.