House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Expanding Seniors’ Access to PFAS Testing Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide no-cost coverage for PFAS testing under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Dingell D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 5571.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4502):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5571, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5571
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 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 January 15, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell.
- H.R. 2290 (119th) World War II Women's Memorial Location Act
- H.R. 3276 (119th) Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
- H.R. 1917 (119th) Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
- H.R. 3858 (119th) Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 3184 (119th) PFAS Alternatives Act
- H.R. 929 (119th) Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.