House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Clinical Trial Modernization Act
Official title: To modernize clinical trials and remove barriers for participation in clinical trials, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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. 3521.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 85, May 20, 2025, Page H2199):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3521, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 7, 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
30 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 19 Democrats
11 of 30 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), William Keating (D-MA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Max Miller (R-OH), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), August Pfluger (R-TX), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5756 (119th) HEATS Act
Related bills
- S. 4440 (119th) Clinical Trial Modernization ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.