House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BLOOD Centers Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to establish an expedited process for the approval of certain biologics license application supplements for blood centers, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Oct 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5791.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WIED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 172, October 17, 2025, Page H4542):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5791, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b9cbb9ebb508e873ff00a75f1e5f682fe418c9bd8fbcf5bd05096923938a2bd
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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 — 7 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 19 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), George Latimer (D-NY), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Kim Schrier (D-WA), David Taylor (R-OH), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.