House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PHARA Act of 2025
Official title: To unfreeze and release funding for grant agreements of the National Institutes of Health, prohibit termination of such agreements for active and ongoing research, require the inclusion of termination clauses in such agreements, and prohibit termination of such agreements for no longer effectuating program goals or agency priorities.
Sponsor: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4007.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2823):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 303 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4007, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4007
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 19, 2025
- 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 November 19, 2025). 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
62 cosponsors — 62 Democrats
0 of 62 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and 32 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
- H.R. 469 (119th) Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
- H.R. 3087 (119th) Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act
- H.Res. 116 (119th) Condemning the pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police Officers.
- H.R. 3376 (119th) Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025
- H.R. 1638 (119th) CROWN Act of 2025
- H.R. 4212 (119th) SHADE Act
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.