Closing the HPV Testing Gap Act
Latest action · May 20, 2026 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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2026 to Jul 9, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | May 20, 2026 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | May 20, 2026 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | May 20, 2026 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Jun 11, 2026 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jun 25, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 9, 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 May 20, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2026Introduced in House
- May 20, 2026Referred 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. 172, no. 86, May 20, 2026, page H3670.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the development of a standardized, noninvasive test for HPV in men, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Closing the HPV Testing Gap Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2026Introduced 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.
