House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Medical Research Funding Act
Official title: To limit the impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming of Federal funds made available for the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2855.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1602):Clause 3, Section 8, Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2855, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2855
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 19, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.