House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2025
Official title: To limit cost-sharing for prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Steven Horsford D-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 1, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2553.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HORSFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 58, April 1, 2025, Page H1405):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Consitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 70 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2553, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 13, 2026
- 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 March 13, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steven Horsford.
Related bills
- S. 529 (119th) Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2025Identical 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.