House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BIRD Health Act of 2025
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a bilateral research and innovation program to facilitate and coordinate efforts between the United States and Israel in certain health-related areas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Randy Weber R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 16, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4473.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 122, July 16, 2025, Page H3369):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4473, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4473
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Weber.
- H.R. 3474 (119th) Federal Mechanical Insulation Act
- H.R. 6832 (119th) PACK Act
- H.R. 8462 (119th) National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 2613 (119th) Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act
- H.R. 9338 (119th) Pipeline Safety Authorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1076 (119th) Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the first export shipment of liquefied natural gas produced in the lower 48 States.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.