House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act of 2025
Official title: To provide for the coverage of medical food and vitamins and individual amino acids for digestive and inherited metabolic disorders under Federal health programs, to ensure State and Federal protection for existing coverage, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. James McGovern D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 3, 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. 5684.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 163, October 3, 2025, Page H4517):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, the Spending Clause, and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 122 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5684, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5684
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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
19 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 17 Democrats
2 of 19 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), John Mannion (D-NY), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Emily Randall (D-WA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James McGovern.
- H.R. 1834 (119th) To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
- H.Res. 780 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
- H.Res. 887 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 5439 (119th) Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act
- H.Con.Res. 68 (119th) To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
- H.Res. 317 (119th) Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
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