House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that pharmacy benefit managers are considered fiduciaries, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6837.
- 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. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6116):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6837, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6837
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jake Auchincloss.
- H.R. 6610 (119th) Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act]
- H.R. 6609 (119th) Pharmacists Fight Back in Medicare and Medicaid Act
- H.R. 409 (119th) Supporting Transit Commutes Act
- H.R. 10138 (119th) CCP Fentanyl Sanctions Act
- H.R. 6335 (119th) Education Not Endless Scrolling Act
- H.R. 9823 (119th) Alzheimer’s Early Detection Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 3549 (119th) PBM FAIR ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.