Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 16, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 16, 2025 to Jan 27, 2026; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-CA | Luz M. Rivas | Jan 27, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2025Introduced in House
- Dec 16, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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. 212, December 16, 2025, page H5943.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to include Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) individuals in the statutory definition of a "racial and ethnic minority group", to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a comprehensive study of MENA population health, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act of 2025
- Health Equity and Middle Eastern and North African Community Inclusion Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 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.
