House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HEADACHE Act
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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
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.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TRAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 154, September 19, 2025, Page H4490):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.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- Statement length
- 216 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5536, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5536
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
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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
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.
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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.