Medical Research for Our Troops Act
Latest action · Jun 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 11, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 54
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2025 to Sep 10, 2026; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 20, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Jun 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jun 25, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-PR | Pablo José Hernández | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Aug 29, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Sep 10, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | May 4, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 10, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Jul 9, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Jul 15, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Sep 3, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Sep 10, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Jun 11, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2025Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E561)
- Jun 11, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 11, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E561 | André Carson D-IN | Jun 11, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 100, June 11, 2025, page H2655.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to restore amounts available for Defense Health Agency research, development, test, and evaluation, including Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medical Research for Our Troops Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
