House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to codify that the default expectation for licensure of biological products as biosimilar does not include clinical studies assessing pharmacodynamics or comparative clinical efficacy, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9661.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGWORTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 114, July 14, 2026, Page H4467):Article I Section 8 of the Unites States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9661, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9661
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 31, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e91a2f2fcb932afefecd7e9bec230364b8ea5e956c531403d24a1239727662b7
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 31, 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
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. Nicholas Langworthy.
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- H.Res. 177 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
- H.Res. 426 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 13) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
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.