House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Right to FDA-Approved Medicines Act
Official title: To protect an individuals ability to access medicines approved by the Food and Drug Administration to protect a health care providers ability to provide such medicines, and information related to such medicines.
Sponsor: Rep. Deborah Ross D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4525.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3477):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4525, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4525
- 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Deborah Ross.
- H.R. 9333 (119th) AI Flaw Reporting and Security Enhancement Act
- H.R. 5528 (119th) America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025
- H.R. 4959 (119th) Land of the Free Act of 2025
- H.R. 7375 (119th) End Prison Gerrymandering Act
- H.R. 7711 (119th) No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act
- H.Res. 1410 (119th) Congratulating the Carolina Hurricanes on winning the 2026 Stanley Cup Championship, the team's first Stanley Cup win in 20 years.
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.