House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ian Kalvinskas Pediatric Liver Cancer Early Detection and Screening Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities to promote screenings for liver diseases in newborns, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2025 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4418)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5355.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 150, September 15, 2025, Page H4311):Pursuant to clause 7(c)(1) of Rule XII the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the U.S. Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 319 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5355, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5355
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
15 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 8 Democrats
7 of 15 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), James Moylan (R-GU), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1376 (119th) Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.