HR 8545 · 119th Congress 2025โ€“2027

Access to Donor Milk Act of 2026

Latest action · Apr 28, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 28, 2026
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2026 to Jun 3, 2026; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLMaria Elvira SalazarOriginalApr 28, 2026
R-OKStephanie I. BiceOriginalApr 28, 2026
D-KSSharice DavidsJun 3, 2026

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2026
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2026

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 28, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Apr 28, 2026Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 74, April 28, 2026, page H3133.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To protect and expand access to pasteurized, donor human milk, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Access to Donor Milk Act of 2026

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 28, 2026Introduced in House

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