House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act
Official title: To expand the drug price negotiation program under title XI of the Social Security Act and repeal certain changes to the program made by Public Law 119-21, to apply prescription drug inflation rebates under the Medicare program to drugs furnished in the commercial market, and to establish out-of-pocket limits on expenditures for prescription drugs under private health insurance.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, 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. 6166.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 196, November 20, 2025, Page H4876):Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have power] To regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among several States, and with the Indian TribesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6166, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6166
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 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
58 cosponsors — 58 Democrats
0 of 58 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH) and 28 more.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 6255 (119th) Affordable Insulin Now ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.