House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Launching X–Labs for Breakthrough Science Act
Official title: To direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health to carry out a program, to be known as the "X-Labs Initiative", to support breakthrough biomedical research at innovative research institutions, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6572.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 208, December 10, 2025, Page H5562):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6572, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6572
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 9, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.
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- H.R. 4671 (119th) Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters Act
- H.R. 2910 (119th) Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2025
- H.R. 4852 (119th) Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025
- H.R. 914 (119th) American CANS Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.