House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PREEMPT Act
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to States on which tests for the screening and early detection of preeclampsia may be covered under the Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Kean R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 29, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: May 29, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9061.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 91, May 29, 2026, Page H3741):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9061, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 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 July 1, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Young Kim (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Kean.
- H.R. 1765 (119th) Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
- H.R. 2503 (119th) Undersea Cable Control Act
- H.R. 5419 (119th) Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
- H.R. 6322 (119th) Stop Stealing our Chips Act
- H.R. 5584 (119th) LIFT AI Act
- H.R. 5634 (119th) Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026
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.