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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

HEADACHE Act

H.R. 5536Introduced Sep 19, 2025Policy area: Health

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a National Headache Disorders Initiative, to establish an Advisory Council on Headache Disorders Research, Care, and Services, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Lori Trahan D-MA
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 19, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5536.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5536, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

58 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 50 Democrats

8 of 58 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.

Becca Balint (D-VT), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) and 28 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lori Trahan.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress · MA-3 district

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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.