Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act]
Latest action · Jul 22, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2.
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.
- IntroducedDec 11, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 11, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| R-KY | James Comer | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Dec 11, 2025 |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Dec 23, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| R-UT | Celeste Maloy | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Jan 9, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jan 9, 2026 | |
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Dale W. Strong | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | May 4, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | May 14, 2026 | |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Jul 6, 2026 | |
| R-GA | Richard McCormick | Jul 9, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Aug 24, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Aug 27, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Oct 1, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Oct 29, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Dec 11, 2025Markup Jul 22, 2026 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2.
- Jul 22, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 11, 2025Introduced in House
- Dec 11, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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. 209, December 11, 2025, page H5810.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to limit the costs of pharmacy benefit managers with respect to Federal employee health benefit plans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act]
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 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.
