House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Closing the HPV Testing Gap Act
Official title: To direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the development of a standardized, noninvasive test for HPV in men, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8939.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McIVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 86, May 20, 2026, Page H3670):(Article I, Section 8, clause 1), (Article I, Section 8, clause 18)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 67 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8939, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8939
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Troy Carter (D-LA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Al Green (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.