House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
NIH IMPROVE Act
Official title: To establish the IMPROVE Initiative within the National Institutes of Health.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Committee actionMay 21, 2026
- Passed HouseJul 20, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6238.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-734 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 9, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 9, 2026 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/734
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- H.R. 6238, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6238
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 196, November 20, 2025, Page H4878):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2025 ↗
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- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6238, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6238
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c74ae9484b235b00338dc1d444c98c318699a23e9e795083c479b30a8cc3e32
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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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood.
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- H.R. 8807 (119th) Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act
Related bills
- H.R. 7973 (119th) Momnibus ActRelated bill
- S. 3254 (119th) NIH IMPROVE ActRelated bill
- S. 5283 (119th) Momnibus 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.