House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, to carry out a program under which the Secretary requires each covered distributor of a highly pathogenic agent to comply with certain logbook requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Costa D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 14, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Oct 14, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5747.
- 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. 169, October 14, 2025, Page H4537):Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the Commerce Clause), which grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; and Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the Necessary and Proper Clause), which grants Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5747, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5747
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 6 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Vince Fong (R-CA), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Dina Titus (D-NV), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 4227 (119th) Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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