House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pharmacists Fight Back in Medicare and Medicaid Act
Official title: To amend titles XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act to establish certain requirements under Medicare and Medicaid with respect to prescription drug benefits and pharmacy benefit managers.
Sponsor: Rep. Jake Auchincloss D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 6609.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 209, December 11, 2025, Page H5810):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6609, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6609
- 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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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
41 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 16 Democrats
25 of 41 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Comer (R-KY), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), John James (R-MI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Barry Moore (R-AL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jake Auchincloss.
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- H.R. 6335 (119th) Education Not Endless Scrolling Act
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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.