House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve children's vision and eye health through grants to States, territories, and Tribal organizations, and the provision of technical assistance to support those efforts.
Sponsor: Rep. Marc Veasey D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 31, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2527.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VEASEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 57, March 31, 2025, Page H1376):Article 1, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2527, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2527
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
28 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 21 Democrats
7 of 28 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Al Green (D-TX), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marc Veasey.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.