House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PrEP and PEP are Prevention Act
Official title: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, and title 5, United States Code, to require no-cost coverage of certain HIV prevention services.
Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Waters D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 4, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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. 5127.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 145, September 4, 2025, Page H3862):Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5127, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5127
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- 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 July 1, 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
35 cosponsors — 35 Democrats
0 of 35 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Dina Titus (D-NV) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
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- H.R. 1764 (119th) Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank’s International Development Association Act
- H.R. 4544 (119th) American Access to Banking Act
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- H.R. 10325 (119th) To increase the mandatory contribution amount of Federal Home Loan Banks to the Affordable Housing Program, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 1106 (119th) Honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
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.