House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To amend title 5, United States Code, to include Parkinson's disease in the list of illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jul 16, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4453.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 122, July 16, 2025, Page H3368):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4453, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4453
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
432e922b6599b1c72ce2527ec9c1529c576c1548dfdfad77748d01585c220357
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 July 14, 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
12 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 9 Democrats
3 of 12 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Nick LaLota (R-NY), George Latimer (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Josh Riley (D-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Val Hoyle.
- H.R. 164 (119th) POWER Act of 2025
- H.R. 8592 (119th) No WAR Act
- H.R. 1700 (119th) Social Security Expansion Act
- H.R. 10444 (119th) Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act of 2026
- H.R. 10094 (119th) Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2026
- H.R. 2847 (119th) Vote at Home Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.